Ok, so here we go with the second chapter. This will be the introduction of Basil and will show what he does now and what he had been through over the years after the Flaversham case, and will show how he is pulled out of retirement by Scotland Yard to solve a new case. So I hope you guys like what I have, enjoy.

Chapter 1

London, England

The year was 1906 in the city of London. The world was changing at a fast pace, new technologies were being created, every part of the world was starting to be uncovered, and more people began to adapt to this new age. However, there are some that stick to the ways of the older world, one such mouse was the famous Basil of Baker Street, the greatest mouse detective in the entire hidden mouse world of London. He and his partner Dr. David Dawson had spent many years solving some of the most challenging cases together, they had succeeded every case thanks to Basil's deduction skills and Dawson's skills as a doctor, and the pair was quite a team. After a while, when many cases were solved, they both rested, with Dawson writing about most of their adventures. Basil had settled down and got a job as a professor of criminology at the University of London, while Dawson kept to his regular job as a doctor for important medical jobs. Basil had felt that he had solved many cases and that his days for solving crimes were over. But what he didn't know was that his greatest case was about to begin.

It was bright and sunny out on the campus of the University of London, as the humans moved around the university, there was a whole unnoticed area under the school where mice would go to the university and study. Dr. Dawson moved through the hallways so that he could stop by Basil's current class as he waits for it to be over, as he would visit Basil often after his classes. He arrived at the door that had the printings "Professor Basil, Criminology" on the glass window and Dawson carefully walked into the room, and waited by the door. Some of the students and his old friend noticed him, but continued on with the class anyway. Basil was currently teaching the class about the examination of a crime scene and the way they could identify if there was any evidence at the scene. Most of the students were watching their teacher and listening, some were taking notes down as usual so that they would have them to study for later.

"Now as you can see" Basil said to the students pointing to the research. "Whether it is a theft, murder, vandalism, or any other type of crime, you must always remember, evidence is key" suddenly then bell rang and Basil looked up and then back at his students "Alright that's all we have for today. Be sure your assignments are prepared for tomorrow" as the students poured out of his class, Dawson waited by the door until the room was completely empty except for him and Basil inside and he walked up to his friends desk. Basil smiled as he noticed Dawson while he was putting away his notes and his research for the day.

"Always nice to see you Dawson" Basil said to his longtime friend.

"You know I come to visit every now and then Basil" Dawson replied "So how goes the teaching"

"It is splendid" Basil replied "Many of my students are doing excellent and I am soon to grade the tests that they took yesterday. So how goes you doctor?"

"It's been awfully quiet lately" Dawson replied "I have had a few patients to take care of but nothing major has occurred in my business yet"

"Things indeed have been quiet since our last case together" Basil said.

"Ah yes, say shall we discuss this over a cup of tea back at Baker street" Dawson asked him.

"Of course my dear fellow" Basil replied to his friend. The two mice then left Basil's office and waited for the nearest human carriage to pass along for them to hitch a ride on back to 221 Baker Street.

When the two of them settled down back at Basil's residence at 221 Baker Street, Mrs. Judson had already prepared a fresh pot of tea when the two of them had arrived. Basil paced the room with a cup of tea in his hands while Dawson was sitting down with the paper in one hand and his tea in the other. Basil had been going through so many papers that needed correcting, and notes for the next few classes, that he seemed to have been worn out by the weeks of work. Dawson looked at his friend as he took a sip of his tea and noticed how worn out Basil was looking.

"Basil, are you feeling alright?" Dawson asked his friend curiously.

"Oh yes I'm quite all right" Basil said "I just need a quick moment up in my study"

"But of course" Dawson replied. Basil then took another sip of his tea before he put it down and walked up to his study that was a floor away from the main living room. He opened the door, and stepped into the room that had the memorabilia's of many of the past adventures that he and Dawson had been through after the case involving the case involving Rattigan. It was filled with various newspaper clippings, memorabilia's, and various meddles and souvenir's that he had received from these cases. He smiled vainly as he looked around them, feeling how he had missed the good old days. He walked over to a particular newspaper clipping that he had kept all these years, it was the story of how he and Dawson had been thanked by the queen for stopping Rattigan from taking over England with a toymakers device. He also noticed the picture on the side of the newspaper that showed Olivia with her father; being reunited after Flaversham was abducted by Rattigan and used for his scheme. He looked at the picture with a sense of memories flooding back in his mind, and of how much that girl had thanked him, even though it was hard for him to remember her last name. He didn't seem to notice Dawson, who was next to Basil as he was looking at the newspaper, and seemed to miss the girl as well.

"It has been an awful long time since we've seen the girl" Dawson said to his friend, who turned to notice him standing right next to him "I do believe that she is faring well with her father.

"She may be" Basil said to Dawson "I miss the old days Dawson. The days when I was met with case after case with each one easier to solve than the last" Dawson felt sympathy for his friend, it has been a long time since their last case, and he knew how much Basil had missed his glory days. In symphony, he placed an arm around his friends shoulder and patted it as a sign of reassurance.

"Now I know that you miss the glory days Basil" Dawson said to Basil "And far be it from me I miss them as much as you do. But who knows, maybe someday a new danger would be presented and you would be just the man for the job" Basil looked at his friend, still contempt over his memories, and started to smile as he knew that his friend was there to help him out and reassure him on things.

"You really believe so Dawson?" Basil asked his friend.

"I know so Basil" Dawson said "And who knows, maybe someone would come knocking at your door right now" then, as if on cue, they both heard a knocking at the door downstairs. Mrs. Judson was there to answer the door as Basil and Dawson walked down the stairs, and Mrs. Judson walked over to them after she answered the door.

"Someone is here to see you Basil" Mrs. Judson said to Basil.

"Whoever it is it must be important" Basil said.

"Oh it is" Mrs. Judson said to him "The chief of Scotland Yard is here to see you" just them, a mouse walked in wearing an inspector uniform carrying a hat with him at his side, and looked to be dark haired and burly in fur.

"Hello there, are you Basil of Baker Street" the mouse asked him.

"Quite formally yes" Basil said to the mouse "And who might you be?"

"I am chief inspector Bestrade" the mouse replied "We have a little emergency on our hands"

"And you wish to seek my assistance?" Basil asked the inspector.

"Indeed we do" Bestrade said to him "As far as we've heard you're the best inspector in London" a smile crept on Basil's face as he turned to Dawson.

"You were right my friend" Basil said to him "Looks like my chance has come" he turned back to the inspector "So what is your situation and how may me and my associate be of assistance?"

"Actually I didn't come to ask you why" Bestrade said to him "The queen herself has summoned you to her palace to explain the situation" Basil and Dawson couldn't believe their ears, they had known that the last time they helped the queen was on the case with Rattigan and how they saved her from becoming food for Rattigan's cat. Hearing that her predecessor was to hire them for an important job was unlike any that they had received news in recent days.

"Of course" Basil said "We will be right with you in a minute, I just need to grab a few things"

"I'll be waiting for you in the carriage" Bestrade said to him.

"Oh, no, no, no, I think the carriage would take too long" Basil said to the man "I say we take Toby, he'll get us there faster" he went off to get his old hat and coat while Bestrade turned to Dawson in curiosity.

"Who's Toby?" Bestrade asked Dawson.

"Oh he's the local dog" Dawson replied "We used him as our means of transportation during our cases" After he had finished explaining, Bail came back down with his old hat and coat as he went to the front door, with Dawson and Bestrade following behind him. He let out a whistle and, in just a few short minutes, Basil's fateful canine friend Toby came running up and stopped in front of Basil. The dog had aged for quite some time, but he never lost his energy. Bestrade looked at the dog impressed and a bit nervous while Dawson let out a chuckle and a smile, to show how much he was glad to see Toby again.

"Now Toby" Basil said to his old friend "We have much work to do. The queen needs us" the dog looked at his friend and nodded as he let his ear down for the three of them to climb onto the dogs back. With the leash on his neck, Basil took a tug onto Toby and the dog sped down the streets to Buckingham palace, where the queen was waiting for them.

So that's it for now, I hope you guys liked it. Fun fact, the character Bestrade that I created is a reference to a character from the Sherlock Holmes books and the recent movies named inspector Lestrade. The young queen I decided to add in as well since the old queen from the movie would have stepped down by now and have a predecessor, the princess, take her place on the throne. There will be more exciting things to come along the way, so please review and tell me what you guys think. Oh, and just to let you know, the villain Cain will have either a British or Russian accent. See you later my fellow readers, bye.