Nellie: Hi! And here is the next chapter of this story. This is where the girls get to know Basil more, and the boys finally come. So... yeah, that's about it. And we'll get to see what Ratigan is doing with Trina. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious, or The Great Mouse Detective. They belong to Nickelodeon and Eve Titus/Disney.
Chapter 4: Meeting Basil
Basil had seemed to noticed that his presence had surprised all three girls, for they had stood in shock. With a simple snap of his fingers, the girls were snapped out of their trance. Tori was the first one to speak up. "Y-Y-Y-You're... Basil of Baker Street?" The mouse nodded.
Jade was still a bit shocked, while Cat, however, was kind of excited. "Wow." she giggled. "Who knew that the great mouse detective would appear in Tori's house. Maybe he can help us find Trina."
Tori watched as Basil looked her up and down, and it was making her a bit nervous. What is he doing? She thought. Finally, after looking Tori over, Basil said:
"Well, you appear to be a girl of the age of seventeen. By your appearance, you seemed to be part of a Latin heritage. I take it you grow up in this home all your life, and is in a state of shock right now."
Tori was amazed. Basil had just described her. What an amazing detective! She watched as Basil started to look over Cat, who giggled. Finally, he stated.
"Now you, my dear, are a girl also of the age of seventeen. You were born with natural brown hair, and later dyed it a red velvet color. You also seemed to have a very cheerful personality, and also grew up in this city."
Cat was bursting with excitement. "Oh my God! You really know who I am."
Basil chuckled. "Well, I don't actually know who exactly know you from before."
"I'm Cat. Cat Valentine."
"Oh... well thank you, Miss Valentine."
Basil then began to look over Jade, which irritated her, but she didn't show it. After a few seconds, he spoke.
"Now, you are yet another girl at the age of seventeen, who also had a natural hair color of brown, but later dyed it a black color. And added streaks to fit your personality, which I can identify as, dark, goth, and sensitive to personal space."
Jade smirked a little. "Thanks. You really know about me." she remarked sarcastically.
"And you have a sense of sarcasm as well, Miss..."
"West. Jade West."
"Thank you, Miss West."
The girls were all a bit surprised at how Basil could tell a lot about them by just looking at them, especially Tori. She watched as Basil began to look over her again. "I don't believe I caught your name, yet." he said. Tori did a small bow. "Sorry, sir. I'm Tori. Tori Vega." she greeted. Basil smiled. "Well, thank you, Miss Vanchan."
Tori was confused. She had just introduced herself, and he couldn't pronounce her last name right. "Um... it's Vega." She corrected him. "Whatever." he replied. "Now, you girls seemed to have some sort of trouble. Do one of you care to explain?" he asked. Tori was the one to do that. "Well, Mr. Basil, me and my friends were watching a movie tonight, and all of a sudden, we were shrunken to this size. We tried to find out what happened, but Professor Ratigan jumped us, and took my sister. Can you please help us?"
Basil was taking note of this. He was sure that Ratigan was dead. How did he survive that fall? Perhaps he swam to shore. Whatever happened, Basil knew that he couldn't let that rat get away again. He has done that times too many. "By the way, what are you doing in my house?" Tori asked.
"Oh well. I was asked to investigate rumors about a club near your house, Miss Vetch."
"Vega." Tori corrected him again.
"Whatever. Anyways, my good assistant, Dr. Dawson was unable to accompany me this time, for he had a errand to do in Africa. So I was join by Miss Olivia Flanger-Hanger..."
"Her last name is pronounced 'Flaversham'" Tori corrected him once again.
"Whatever."
"So where is Olivia?" Cat asked. Basil looked all around the kitchen. "I seemed to have lost her. I'm afraid that she was captured by the very fiend that nabbed Miss Vons sister."
Tori was getting really frustrated. She could understand how Basil could mispronounce Olivia's last name, but her own last name only had four letters. Four letters. Two syllables. 'Vega' wasn't that hard to say. It really wasn't. How could he mispronounce her last name? How? But Tori had a feeling that he was going to get her surname right at some point. He just had to.
"So, Miss Vaber." Basil started, snapping Tori out of her thoughts. "Can you described your sibling for me please?"
"Well..." Tori started. "She's eighteen years old. She has brown hair like me, but it's just a little bit lighter. She's wearing an orange shirt, blue jeans, and purple boots-"
"And, she's annoying, she's selfish, and nobody likes her." Jade finished. Tori glared at the goth. "Well, that's about it, but please ignore the extra's that Jade said."
Basil was again taking notes. The way Tori described her sister, she seemed like a very conceited girl. He was determined not to let the girls down. Especially Tori. "Never fear, my dears. I shall be on the case. First we must look for clues." He used his magnifying glass to look at the kitchen floor. The girls looked at him carefully, until he shouted a "Aha! A clue."
The girls gathered around Basil to look at what he was holding. The detective was looking at an orange pear shaped cell phone. He observed it closely. "This appears to be some sort of phone. Odd shape for one."
Tori recognized that phone anywhere. "That's Trina's cell phone. She must of drop it when Ratigan took her." Basil tucked the phone in his coat. "Well then, Miss Valance..."
"Vega." Tori corrected yet again.
"Whatever. You're sister's as good as found."
"Hey girls, we're here!" A voice called. The girls looked over to see that the boys had finally made it downstairs. Robbie was holding a little mouse girl, who looked a bit frightened. Jade immediately ran to Beck and hugged him. "What took you so long?" she asked, a bit annoyed. Beck smiled at his girlfriend. "Well, we were on our way until we found this little cutie. She claimed that she was lost, and looking for Basil of Baker Street." As he said that, he looked over at the little girl in Robbie's arms. Cat walked over to him, and took the little girl, cuddling her gently. "Oh, you are so cute. What's your name?" Cat asked.
The girl grinned at the read head. "Olivia Flaversham." she answered. Basil walked over to Olivia, and stroked her fur. "Miss Flamsham. I've been looking all over for you." he said with relief. Olivia looked at him in sorrow. "I'm sorry, Mr. Basil. I just I got distracted by something, and went to follow it. I didn't mean to wander off alone." Basil smiled. "It's alright, darling. All that matters is, that you're okay."
The boys seemed to look at Basil in surprise. "So, you're going to help us?" Andre asked. The detective nodded. Then, he started looking over Andre. After a few moments, he stated:
"Now, you appear to be a young boy of the age of seventeen. Much like these girls. By your appearance, you seemed to have a love for music, and you also had grown up in this city."
Andre was surprised. Basil had just described him. "How did you know that?" he asked. Basil just simply answered: "It's elementary, my good man." Basil then began looking over Robbie, who seemed a bit uncomfortable by this. After looking over the raven hair boy, Basil stated:
"You are also a young boy of the age of seventeen, nearing the age of eighteen. You have an awarkard, but loving personality. By your appearance, I can identify that you are very smart, and very shy, in which you have a puppet to assist you in speaking for you if you have nothing to say."
Robbie was amazed, but shocked. "Wait! How did you know I have a puppet?" He asked. "
"Elementary." Basil replied.
"Oh."
Beck watched as Basil began looking over him as well. Of course, it annoyed Jade, but she didn't show it, for she knew it was a quick process. Soon, Basil spoke up:
"And you, sir, are yet another boy at the age of seventeen, nearing the age of eighteen. You are a pupil of a Canadian heritage, but you lived here for most of your life. And I can tell that you are Miss West's mate, judging by the contact of your hands."
When Basil said 'mate' he guestured over to Beck and Jade holding hands. Beck was impressed at Basil's ability to tell a lot about people just by staring at them for a few seconds. Jade, however, could care less.
"Well now, are you boys going to introduce yourselves?" Basil asked.
That's when the boys realized that they hadn't even said their names. They quickly introduced themselves, and Basil could even pronounce their surnames, which still bothered Tori. I hope Trina's alright. she thought. I wonder what's going on right now with her...
Meanwhile...
"I swear to God, if you don't let me go in the next thirty seconds, I'M GOING TO GET VERY, VERY ROUGH WITH YOU!" Trina shouted as she struggled in the grasp of the villain who was holding on to her tightly. Ratigan chuckled evilly. "Oh, I wouldn't be so sure of that, my dear. Do you honestly think that your petite little body can penetrate mine? Ha! I doubt it!"
Trina glared at him. "Did you just call my body small? I'm not that tiny, you know. I take martial arts, and I'll kick your butt if you just let go of me!" She continued to struggle, until Ratigan threw her to the floor, clearly annoyed with her struggling. "Will you please calmly be still and SHUT UP?!" He shouted, causing Trina to cover her ears.
"Jeez, can you lower your voice? You almost blew my ear drums out!" She exclaimed. Ratigan glared at her, grabbed her roughly by the arm, and continued to drag her to who knows where. "Just shut up." he growled. "We should be at your cell in a few minutes..."
Trina gasped in horror. "C-C-Cell?" she stuttered. "A-A-As in... jail cell?"
Ratigan nodded. "That's one way of putting it. I'll be sure that you're comfy in there while I go fetch the other girls that were with you."
"If you so much as lay a finger on my sister... I'll... I'll..." Trina threatened, trying to come with a threat. Ratigan laughed at her. "Look at you. You're too afraid of me to even think of a threat." Trina growled. "I'm not afraid of a big rat like you..."
"I AM NOT A RAT!" Ratigan shouted again.
"If you're not a rat, you'd be smaller..." Trina retorted.
The evil rat continued to drag Trina down the wooden hall. That's when Trina realized that they were now either in the walls of her house, or beneath the house. Where ever they were, she didn't like it one bit. Finally, Ratigan stopped in front of bars. Trina looked to see the cell he as talking about. Behind the bars was a wide room. The rat opened the door, and threw Trina into the room. She was about to get up when he closed the door, and locked it. "Let me out!" she demanded. Ratigan just chuckled. "You will only be let out of here for your special job...
With that, he left. But also told Trina to 'make herself at home'. Trina watched as the professor left. She wanted to bang on the bars, but she didn't want to risk injuring her hands. Besides that, she had her nails done earlier that day. "Oh Tori... please... don't let Ratigan get you..." Trina whispered, sinking to the floor. She was scared now. She may have showed bravery with Ratigan, but deep down she was frightened of him.
Please God, please don't let that rat get my baby sister. Please...
Nellie: Oh poor Trina! But don't worry, Basil will save her... or will he? Will the others even find Trina, or will Ratigan catch all the girls? Make your predictions in a review please. Thank you.
