Anyways, on with the story. enjoy.
Liz stared at all the faces around her. There were only three she recognized. they were the ones that were best friends with Bartholomew before he got eaten by Felicia.
"Now what?" she asked aimlessly.
"Well, I think that Ratigan will wait until tomorrow afternoon, and if no one comes for you, he'll ask you for the code again. If he doesn't get an answer, he'll kill you, I guess." Came a voice just as aimless as her question. It was one of the familiar faces, Bill. It was the lizard of the trio.
"Well, what are you going to be doing?" She asked.
"Me? I'm going to be listening to anything Ratigan tells me and do it." He answered, as he stood next to the crate.
"Well then. You're just going to listen to that monster for the rest of your life?" She asked.
"Well, when you put it that way... think of it as just not wanting to be killed." He said.
"Yeah, but he doesn't have the cat." Said Liz.
"Exactly. Now he just shoots you." He answered.
"Oh great. I'm being watched by a lizard with no balls." She said, sitting back down against the wall. They did not speak after that, but it left Bill time to think about what she had said.
"Sure, she takes the dog, and she storms out on me and now I have to walk all the way to the Flaversham's in the rain!" muttered Basil as he walked up the porch to Olivia's house. He knocked on the door.
Inside the house, Remy and Olivia looked at eachother. Remy grabbed a bat, and Olivia walked over to open the door. She swung it open while standing behind it and Remy held up the bat.
"What are you swinging that thing around for, son?" Asked Basil.
"Sorry. Wasn't expecting anyone and you freaked us out." Said Remy.
"Why are you so jumpy?" Asked Basil. Then he answered his own question by looking around Remy.
"No." Said Basil.
"Yes. Ratigan broke in and did this." Said Remy.
"Now he's got so much to pay for. First, he shoots my daughter, injects her with some purple stuff, and now this." Said Basil, turning to walk out the door.
"Wait, Basil. There's something else." Said Olivia. She kind of moved her eyes around and Basil realized that she was telling him that Liz was gone.
"Where's Liz?" He asked.
"She went after Ratigan. She seemed enraged. Speaking of which, why did she seem so upset at you?" Asked Olivia.
"Well... I've started dating again, and she doesn't seem very happy about it." He said.
"Let me guess. She's enraged because she thinks you're replacing her mother." Guessed Olivia.
"That's exactly it. How did you know?" Asked Basil.
"That's what it was when dad started dating. Well, in the end he told me that mom would have wanted us to move on, and find love somewhere else. Also, she broke up with him. Broke his heart, but still, he hasn't- well, hadn't given up and I would have let him because I understood." Said Olivia. Basil stared at her for a moment before turning towards the door.
"Do you think she might of went back to the warehouse." Asked Basil.
"What warehouse?" Asked Olivia.
"Right, you weren't with us on that one. Okay then, I'll be back." Said Basil, heading out the door. Remy and Olivia looked at each other for a long moment. Then Olivia took his hand and looked at him for a moment.
"Basil's going to need you and Liz DOES need you. You better get going." Said Olivia. As Remy walked out, the guards were outside.
"Ah, hello boys." Said Remy. "They're inside. Olivia will explain everything. I must be on my way." Said Remy, heading off in Basil's direction.
"Basil! Wait up!" He hollered. Basil stopped and looked back in wonder.
"Remy! What are you doing here? You should be back at home comforting Olivia." Said Basil.
"Scotland yard is there and I'm not so good with cops." Said Remy.
"What a pair." Said Basil, turning and walking again.
"What do you mean?" Asked Remy, as his nose soon was soaked with the rain.
"Well, Liz doesn't like doctors and you don't like cops. I haven't the clue how you guys will get along." Said Basil.
"Wait, Dawson's a doctor." Said Remy.
"She made an exception for him." Added Basil.
"Ah, so where is this warehouse." Asked Remy.
"Just around this corner." Said Basil. Basil and Remy snuck around the corner.
They saw Max still waiting expectantly for Liz to come out. Basil ran to Max.
"Good boy. Stay." Said Basil. Him and Remy climbed up and peeked in the saw Ratigan conversationing with three other mice and they also saw three familiar faces. They were from the original gang. One of them, Bill the Lizard, was standing by a crate with holes drilled into it.
"There!" Said Basil, pointing at the crate.
"What do you mean?" Asked Remy.
"Well, I think that's where they have Liz." He said.
"Oh, I see now." Said Remy. "Now what?" Asked Remy.
"Now, we actually think of a plan before barging in." Said Basil, directing the statement at Remy. Remy grinned guiltily.
"But what do we do?" Asked Remy.
"Okay..." Basil began whispering a plan in Remy's ear. Remy listened, put in his input, and together they had a brilliant plan put together.
"Where are they?" Liz said to herself. She knew they should have been here by now. She looked outside one of the holes and saw a flash of brown. That had to be her dad's coat. But it was so very far away.
Remy lowered Basil down from the rafters where they had climbed in. Basil then pointed to a box that was open with styrofoam. It was all the way down to where Basil was and remy was a little nervous, but cleared the jump. They ran in and hid behind two crates.
"Okay, you know what to do. I'll go in and stall Ratigan. You get Liz out of that crate." Said Basil. They split up.
"Ratigan! Where's my daughter!" Said Basil as he stepped out, distracting him. Ratigan began a speech, to Basil's relief.
"Liz?" Whispered Remy from behind the crate.
"Remy!" Came an excited whisper from inside.
"Don't worry. I'm gonna get you out of here." He whispered.
"Oh, I don't know about that." Came a voice. It was Bill standing on top of the crate. Remy saw the key hanging around his back. He jumped up on the crate, and did a little circle with Bill. Suddenly, Remy latched onto the key, and Bill jerked and yanked at Remy trying to get him off of him. Suddenly, there was a snap, and the yarn holding the key onto his neck broke. Remy held it up triumphantly. He stuck it in the lock and, while Bill was still standing on top of it, threw the door open. Liz crawled out and he cradled her in his arms.
Then, she punched him in the arm.
"What was that for?" He asked.
"what took you so long." Said Liz. He smiled. Then, they heard gun shots from the other room. They ran and saw Basil, grab a rope swinging aimlessly in the air and swing toward them while Ratigan was aiming at them. He had seen Bill come flying and had suspected what they were doing.
They both latched onto Basil as he came flying by. The extra weight ruined the flight patern and all three went flying into the wall. They fell to the ground, and found themselves surrounded by crooks. There was no where to go.
"So, you thought you could get away from me, the world's greatest, I repeat, GREATEST criminal mind."
Alright, so I lied. maybe the rhyme will be in the next chapter. Sorry about that, I got into it better than I thought I was going to. Anyways, you know the drill. R&R and I plan to have this story done by morning, right now it is almost one o'clock. I think I can make it til six. Wish me luck. Bye.