Chapter 9
We've Found It!
Baron and Lune stood in the throne room, thinking about the events that had happened in the Bird Kingdom.
"So Ratigan has the Amazonite of The Pássaro now..." said Baron cupping his chin in his hand.
"According to José, the Amazonite does have incredible power, but he doesn't know the power exactly... but it must be very important for Ratigan to kill hundreds of birds to get it." said Lune.
"I don't think it's a good idea to hand over the Cat Eye of Miw to Ratigan then." said Baron.
Lune nodded in agreement.
"We can't give Ratigan the Cat Eye of Miw... for if we do, it might cause a disastrous effect." said Lune.
"So it's decided then...we are not going to give him the Cat Eye of Miw." Baron said in confirmation.
"Guard!" called Lune.
Right away a guard came into the throne room.
"Yes your majesty?" asked the guard.
"Inform the rest of the guards to be on heavy alert! We do not want Ratigan to attack the Cat Kingdom like he did the Bird Kingdom. We must make sure everyone's safe." said Lune.
The guard bowed.
"Yes your majesty!" he said turning to leave.
Baron turned to Lune.
"I'll be on my way then... do call me to if you need my assistance again." said Baron.
"Thank you Baron and I will..." said Lune smiling in gratitude at Baron.
Little did the two of them know... there was a fat grayish tan cat, with a purple bow on her head, was spying on them from the door.
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"It's getting quite late..." said Dawson looking up at the pitch dark sky.
Basil and Clive looked up in the sky also.
"I agree it is getting late..." said Clive.
As if on cue, Toby came out from his waiting place and stood next to the three mice, ready to go.
Basil frowned.
'It's been almost a month since we started our investigation on Ratigan, and we still have yet to find any clue or hint of his whereabouts or Ratigan's intentions. The only information we've got was when we did a search around Big Ben a few days ago, and that was hardly anything! The only major surprise that day was when that human girl saved us from getting crushed by that bus. I have to hand it to Ratigan... he sure is making this a difficult case...'
Clive sighed.
"I must be on my way. Hopefully we will make more progress tomorrow..." said Clive turning to leave.
"Ah-! Clive! Might we give you a ride to the palace on Toby?" asked Dawson.
Clive stopped suddenly.
"T-that won't be necessary... thank you... I prefer to walk there..." said Clive.
"Oh... okay then..." Dawson said slowly.
Clive then turned away from Dawson and Basil and turned the street corner, then disappeared in the shadows.
"Hmmm... mysterious fellow...is he not?" said Dawson looking into the direction Clive walked off to.
Basil broke out of his thoughts and also looked in the direction Clive disappeared in.
"Quite..." Basil replied turning away and walking towards Toby.
"He isn't much of a talker...and has a stern type of attitude. I know he is an army mouse and one of the queen's personal guards, but that still doesn't explain much on why he behaves like this... And he says the queen sends him to join us on our investigations, but I don't see what purpose we gain to have Clive around... The queen knows we can take care of this... right?" questioned Dawson.
"I'm sure she knows she can count on us, but I guess she thought we could use the extra help..." said Basil climbing aboard on Toby.
Dawson frowned.
"It still confuses me..."
Basil sighed.
"Then why not ask Clive himself, on why the queen sent him to work with us?" Basil said holding a hand out for Dawson to grab.
"Perhaps...Clive couldn't have gotten too far... Maybe we can catch up to him and ask." said Dawson taking Basil's hand and climbing aboard onto Toby's back also.
"Come Toby! Let us go!" Basil said.
Toby howled in reply and ran into the direction Clive went off in.
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Basil, Dawson, and Toby went through the dark streets searching for Clive.
Finally they saw him.
"Ah, there he is." said Dawson.
"Clive-!"
Basil quickly covered Dawson's mouth to silence him.
Dawson pried Basil's hand from his mouth and looked at Basil with a questioningly look.
"Basil? Whatever was that for-?"
"Something's not right..." Basil interrupted.
Now Dawson looked even more confused.
"What do you mean?" asked Dawson.
"This isn't the way to the palace and this neighborhood... why would he be in this dreadful place?" questioned Basil.
Dawson's eyes widen in realization and looked towards Clive who continued walking, still not noticing them.
"Your right... what is he doing here?" questioned Dawson.
Basil and Dawson watched Clive silently, till Clive disappeared around the corner.
Basil leaned into Toby's ear.
"Toby... follow him..." Basil whispered.
Toby, who seemed to have caught Basil's cautious voice, quietly followed behind Clive.
After some time of following Clive, they came to a halt, when they realized Clive's destination.
Clive came to a halt at an old green house, with long dead grass on the lawn.
Clive looked around him to make sure no one was watching.
Basil, Dawson, and Toby moved further into the shadows.
Clive looked around a little more before turning back to the green house and making his way into the tall dead grass and disappeared out of sight.
Basil and Dawson looked at the place Clive had disappeared for a while, and then Basil turned to Dawson.
"Let's investigate..."
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Haru hugged her legs to her chest and scooted to the furthest part of her cage, away from the stone that Ratigan had given her.
It's already been two days since she was brought to this place and all Haru could worry about was her mom.
'She must be so worried...' thought Haru hugging her legs tighter to herself.
Then the thought of her friends came into mind.
Her friend Hiromi probably got contacted by Naoko already and is worried sick also.
'Please don't worry so much about me... From the way things are going, it looks like I'll be gone for a long time...' thought Haru helplessly.
At a time like this, Haru wishes a hero would come and save her from this nightmare.
But her hero was miles away and probably has no clue that she's in peril.
"Baron..." Haru whispered softy to herself.
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Just below the dresser Haru was on, Ratigan and Clive stood nearby.
"We had just gotten word from our source from the Cat Kingdom, they will not be handing over the Cat Eye of Miw..." said Clive.
Ratigan glared.
"Is that so...?"
Ratigan was silent for a moment, then smirked.
"No matter… they will change their minds... I'll make sure of it..."
Clive nodded.
"Then I'll give word to go forward with the plan." said Clive walking away.
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Basil and Dawson looked with complete shock, through a hole in the wall, at the villain they had been searching for this whole month.
"B-B-B-Basil... Clive is working for-" Dawson said unable to finish his sentence.
"Yes...he's working for that fiend Ratigan..." Basil glared.
Then the glare from Basil's face was replaced with a smirk.
"Dawson my dear man...we've found it! We've found Ratigan's lair..." Basil said still wearing that smirk on his face.