I was tied to the trap and I was next to Basil and Dawson was on the opposite side of me. Basil was looking lost and I tried to reason with him but he wouldn't listen to me. "You don't know what a delightful dilemma it was to decide on the most appropriate method for your demise. I had so many ingenious ideas I didn't know which to choose. so I decided to use them all."

I rolled my eyes and said "Wow really great you should deserve a reward for this." "Thank you my dear." He said with a wicked smile. "How about a kick to the balls as your reward." Some criminals were snickering under their hands and Ratigan glared at them and they immediately stopped.

"Marvelous isn't it?" "I would clap sarcastically if I could." I said with venom in my voice. "Let me show you how it works." "Picture this..." I cut him off when I said "A picture of you being eaten by a cat and everyone celebrating?" Some criminals were snickering once more but then they stopped when Ratigan glared deathly at them. "No. A sprightly little tune I've recorded especially for you. As the song plays the chord heightens. And when the song ends the metal ball is released.

"Get to the point!" I yelled. He glared at me and I smiled back. Through gritted teeth he said "Rolling along it's very way until. Snap! Boom! Twang! Thunk! Splat! "And so ends the short undistinguished career of Basil of baker street." "Well at least people liked him and he didn't make people throw up in their mouths after the sight of them." I smiled Ratigan growled at me and I said "Oh did I make you mad?"

I said with a sweet tone and he sliced at my other cheek. "You're despicable!" Dawson said. "Yes." Ratigan agreed. "Everything ready Fidget?" "All set boss." A white box with a pink ribbon tied on it. "Oh this is wicked so delightfully wicked." "Mr. Flaversham let me congratulate you on a superb piece of craftsmanship!" "See what you can do with the proper motivation." Everyone started to leave And I looked at basil.

"Come on Basil snap out of it. I know you can do anything." But he sighed and looked straight like he didn't hear me. "You all know the plan." Ratigan said. "right professor." The responded and he approached us and said. "It was my fond hope to stay and witness your final scene. but you were 15 minutes late and I have an engagement at Buckingham Palace.

"Now you will remember to smile for the camera won't you? Hmm say cheese?" A camera was pointed at all of us and I glared at him. "You fiend!" "Sorry chubby you've should have chosen your friends more carefully. " He placed the needle on the record. and 'goodbye so soon'. started playing and Ratigan started to fly away.

Ratigan said goodbye in different languages and before he was out of sight I yelled "I hope you die in a fire!" and he just ignored me and said "Bye Bye basil." "What did he mean 'an engagement at Buckingham Palace?" Dawson asked. "Haven't you figured it out yet Doctor?" Basil said Emotionless. "The queen's in danger and the empire's doomed." "The queen?!" Dawson said in disbelief.

I tried to wiggle myself out but the rope was too tight. Olivia tried to push herself out of the bottle but she couldn't. "Basil come on! Please!". I said Dawson looked at basil "Basil. Basil!" "Oh how could I have been so blind?" He asked with a miserable look on his face. "We all make mistakes but we can't let that stop us." "Ratigan's proved he's more clever than I"

He scoffed and said "He would've never walked into such an obvious trap." "Basil please snap out of it! I know you can do anything!" "Elizabeth's right Basil! You can stop that villain! Why." The record stopped and it was skipping. "Basil! The record!" "Oh it's finally happened I've been outwitted!" "Basil please!" Dawson pleaded.

"Beaten! Duped Made a fool of! "Oh ridiculed belittled. "THAT"S ENOUGH!" Dawson yelled and the record got back to playing. "Dash it all basil! The queen's in danger, Olivia and Elizabeth are counting on us we're about to be horribly splatted and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself! But I know you can save us!" "Basil I'm so sorry I lied to you." I said interrupting Dawson."

"You are the most incredible man I've ever seen. You are smart funny and kind. You're my hero. I know I lied to you and when you were miserable I'd swore I would take Ratigan down just to see you happy again. And I know this is childish but I love you."

I gently grab his hand and he pulled his hand away from me. "I guess you never want to see me again huh? and that's fine. I know you don't want to be with someone like me." "I just wanted you to know that. But I'm fine with you hating me." "I might as well set the trap off now and be done with my pain." And tears started coming down my face.

Dawson lightly stroked my hand in comfort. Basil looked at me and lightly chuckled. "Set it off now." Then his eyes widened. "Set it off now?" "Yeah". He was laughing and he smiled wickedly. "Yes, we'll, WE"LL SET THE TRAP OFF NOW!" "Basil wait she didn't mean that we ought..." He got cut off by the recording stopping and the metal ball started rolling.

"The angle of the trajectory multiplied by the square root of an iscocoles triangle." He muttered math terms and I started to get nervous. "Dividing Guttermegs principle of opposing forces in motion." He muttered again. "And adjusting for the difference in equilibrium!" The ball started rolling and I started to get scared by this point.

"Dawson! Elizabeth! At the exact moment I tell you two we must release the triggering mechanism!. "Get ready steady. I started to hyperventilate but basil grabbed my hand in his hand and said "Now!" The ball was caught and I screamed. Then a metal hook popped out the gun shot the arrow and the arrow shot the ax freeing us.

The bottle popped open and I started to hyperventilate again against the walls and basil switched out of his sailor disguise and put on his normal outfit. "Thank you my dear." he picked me up bridal style and I hid my face in the side of his neck and whimpered and said "Thank you for saving my life again." "If anything my dear I should thank you." "Me what for?" "You helped me set the trap off." "And Elizabeth?" "Yeah?" He leaned down to kiss my lips but Olivia landed in my arms. I laughed and fainted again. 'I love you Basil'. I thought before passing out.