Ratigan was in study, looking over some math calculations, until his mind started to wonder.

It has been three weeks since Thomas has assaulted him. His arm has healed, along with a rib that Thomas apparently cracked. However, he has light bruises still on his face.

Thomas tried to apologize to him, but Ratigan dismissed it since he knows he had it coming. Now, there is a deeper understanding between the two rats and an even more deeper understanding between Isabelle and himself. He actually feels closer to her, along with some other warm feeling he can't describe.

Ratigan was pulled out of his thoughts when he hears three hard raps on his door.

"Professor"

Knock Knock, Knock

"Professor"

Knock Knock Knock

"Professor."

Ratigan rolled his eyes and said come in. It was Neil, only Neil would knock like that. He watched as the Oldest Cassidy walked in and stood in front of his desk.

"What do I owe the pleasure, Neil?" Ratigan asked, making Neil glare at him. It seems all Neil did was glare at him. It seems all Neil does is glare at him.

"I assume you heard about the Gala that Madam Boucherie is giving in 3 weeks." he said, making Ratigan nod.

The Madam was putting a Gala together to celebrate the New Year. She invited nobles, criminals' lawmen alike, these parties were usually very lively. There was one rule though; none of the lawmen can arrest any criminals. They have to abide by each other.

"I understand you have been invited." Neil said, making Ratigan nod again.

"Yes, she has given me an invitation. However it's mostly for her own...personal reasons."

"In other words, she wants to get in your pants." Neil said, making Ratigan quirk up an eyebrow and shrugged.

"A crude statement, but accurate, Anyway, what does our meeting have to do with the Gala?"

Neil breathed in slowly and looked at Ratigan with a serious expression.

"Madam Boucherie has acquired a diadem from a central part of Europe, which has been encrusted with some diamonds, all real, mind you."

Ratigan then gave a devious smile as he lay back in his chair.

"I see...and you want to steal it."

Neil nodded.

"Yes, I think your invitation would be a great advantage to us. Not to mention that we need extra hands with a job like this."

Ratigan nodded and then his head tilted in question when a thought occurred to him.

"Does Isabelle know you're asking this of me?"

Neil cringed slightly and shook his head.

"No, not yet at least, She would have never have asked you."

Ratigan chuckled lightly, knowing that the thief would have never have asked him since their relationship has started. But he waved his hand o dismiss the idea.

"I assume you have a plan?" he asked.

Neil nodded and said;

"I do, but I would like to know if you would like to join in. Therefore, we could both of our heads together. You would get an even piece of this haul. Do we deal?"

Ratigan looked at Neil, his likeness to Basil and those dead-like eyes slightly unnerving him. However, he dismisses the feeling and leaned forward.

"Deal." Ratigan said, extending his hand, shaking it with Neils.

The two rodents both felt uncomfortable as they shook hands.

They both felt like they were making a deal with the devil.

AN: And here it is; the main plot for the Twilight section. A robbery!

If you don't remember Boucherie, she's the madam that was talking to Ratigan in the first chapter of my story. Yup, she did pretty good for a madam and has wild parties. Yeah!

A diadem if you don't know is a small crown, which can be encrusted with jewels. So, it's pretty big to steal.

So, here we have Neil talking to Ratigan about joining in, mostly because he got invited for the party. As you can see, they are both very uncomfortable with each other.

One of the people I based Neil on was Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory, so I just had to have him to do the Sheldon knock. Lolz.

Anyway, enjoy! Comments are loved! Next chapter will be explaining the heist to the gang. Woot!

Question; should I put the profiles of my OC's here, so you could get an idea of how they look like or no? Tell me what u think.

I don't own Ratigan, just Isabelle and Neil!