Chapter 15: The Queen's Abduction
At Buckingham Palace, the mouse natives of London were on their way to Queen Mousetoria's Diamond Jubilee. Royal banners red, blue, and white hung about on walls and fences for the festivities, depicting England along with balloons and ribbons. The trumpets played "Rule Britannia" for the celebration.
Inside the royal chambers, was a portly figure, humming to the ballad and powdering her face, getting ready for her jubilee in her bedroom. The individual was Queen Mousetoria, herself, with tan fur and light tan muzzle, pink nose, white hair underneath her regal crown, pink nose, lilac and purple robe, and a pink dress.
Outside the windows of her chambers, stood two guards until they were confiscated by Ratigan's thugs, disguised as the queen's guards. One of the thugs motioned the others to hurry, whispering, "Psst, over here. Come on, over here."
Just as the queen continued to get ready, a loud bang on the door startled her that her crown almost fell off her head. Fixing her crown, she announced regality, "Come in."
One of the pretend guards opened the door as he greeted with a bow, "Uh, begging Your Majesty's pardon. A present has just arrived in honor of your jubilee."
The fake guards shoved the large white gift wrapped in a pink ribbon inside with Fidget's aid.
"A present? Oh, how wonderful!" the queen exclaimed enthusiastically and drew near the gift with a sigh, "I just adore jubilees."
Fidget, smirking, pulled out the note that was connected to the present and gave it to the queen, who took it, saying, "Here you are, sweetheart."
Her Majesty brought out her spectacles and eyed him uneasily, asking, "Have you been with us long?" Fidget continued to smirk evilly and took off, but the queen paid no attention to him. "To our beloved queen," she read the letter out loud, "This gift we send, as her sixty-year reign…" Her expression changed to concern and bewilderment as she read the last line, "Comes to an end?"
Fidget and the other thugs untied the gift to reveal a robotic replica of Her Highness. She scrutinized it with her spectacles, astonished to see a robot that resembled her. "How extraordinary!" she said with wonder.
Suddenly, the robot started to move, rattling and popping. It began to chase her around the room and tried to capture her. "Goodness gracious!" she shouted and finally hid behind her guards, but little did she know they were Ratigan's gang members.
The robot queen stopped abruptly and Ratigan was standing in the doorway along with Hiram, who handled the machine by force. "Amazing likeness, isn't it, Your Majesty?" Ratigan said.
"Professor Ratigan!" the queen cried and ordered her guards, "Guards! Seize this despicable creature!"
The guards did nothing because they were Ratigan's thugs and Fidget snickered manically, finding they tricked the queen. Ratigan repeated the same command she gave them through the speaker. "Guards, seize this despicable creature!" He chuckled maliciously through the speaker.
The thugs grabbed hold of the queen and she tried to struggle free from their grasp, knowing they betrayed her, furiously saying, "Oh, how dare you!"
"Take her away!" Ratigan ordered as he rang his bell, so his cat could eat the queen.
Fidget and the others carried the queen out of the door as she screamed, "Let go of me, you ruffians!"
"Move along, honey!" Fidget taunted.
"You fiends!" the queen's voice was still heard in the hallway. "Traitors!"
Ratigan smirked superiorly as the queen was finally held hostage and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the fake queen's cheek. To himself, he thought of Eve as he said, "You could've joined me, Eve. If you try anything, you'll receive the same fate as the queen."
"Oh, Clover. Andrew. Olivia. Eve. What am I doing?" Hiram asked himself as he continued controlling the robot queen. "I hope you're alright."