Alright, next chapter. I don't know what did this to me, but suddenly, I just can't stop on this story, so, without further ado, the next chapter!!

Liz stared at Ginger, with a terrified expression.

"so, you saw him last at the restraunt?" Asked Liz.

"Yes. He was sitting there, patient as ever to wait for me." Said Ginger, thinking back on the memory.

"Dad, what do you make of this." Asked Liz.

"I say, we give it a full twenty-four hours to take affect." Said Basil.

"What?!" Said Liz and ginger together, almost at once.

"Well, for all we know, he did skip out on her, but went to another house, say a friend's house or something." Said Basil, trying to get his point across. Liz looked blankly in thought.

"You know, he's right. I say we go to school tomorrow, and if he's there, great! If he's not, we can assume that there's a mystery to behold." Said Liz. Ginger hugged Liz again.

"Oh, thank you, Liz." She said. "I don't know what I would do without you."

"No problem. See you tomorrow." Ginger left and Basil and Liz sat in their chairs.

"Do you honestly think that he skipped out on her?" Asked Liz.

"I don't know, Liz. I don't really think that, but we can't start looking for someone, and then have them turn up tomorrow." Said Basil.

"Well, usually you're very eager to start a case. Why the delay?" She asked.

"Well, I just want to be sure of things. So many times, in the past, I've done terrible things because I didn't think something through." Said Basil.

"Oh trust me. that wasn't your fault. I believe that everything happens for a reason." Said Liz.

"So, why did your mother die?" He asked, suddenly.

"Oh, well..." Liz thought for a moment. "I would have never become as great of a detective." Said Liz. Basil looked up and smiled when he saw that shine in his daughter's eyes. Suddenly, another knock came at the door.

"Now what?" Asked Basil, as he got up to follow Liz to the door.

They opened the door to find Samantha.

"Hi Basil, I do hope I'm not interrupting anything." She said, flashing her smile at Liz once, then walking in and wrapping her arms around Basil. Liz kind of rolled her eyes. She still wasn't too thrilled about anyone ever replacing her mother.

"No Sam, come on in." Said Basil, already bending down to kiss her.

Liz went to her room. oh great, now miss 'I'm a diva' is here to ruin the whole case. He won't remember a damn thing. She thought, as she looked out her window. Suddenly, she looked in the reflection of the window, and saw her detective's coat. She slipped it on, and slipped on her shoes. She then, quietly, snuck up the stairs into Holme's house. She scurried across the floor once she was sure that the human detective was not there, and snuck out of the human house. She looked back at the front step of Bakerstreet, 221 B, then scurried off.


"Well, how is Liz doing?" Asked Samantha.

"Well, alright, I guess. She still hasn't gotten the idea of you as a mother, but she'll come around." Said Basil, smiling. Samantha kind of looked around nervously.

"What's wrong, dear?" He asked.

"Oh, nothing that couldn't possibly hurt ME." She emphasized me and then suddenly, the door was kicked down, letting ten rats and sixteen mice into the house. they held Basil down and Basil looked over at Samantha. She grinned and stood up, standing triumphantly over him.

"Samantha, what's going on?" He asked.

"You remember when I mentioned my husband and son, right?" She asked.

"Yes, why?" He asked suddenly, trying to figure out what he might have missed.

"My husband's name was Jarred, and my son's name was Jimmy." She said, her eyes seeming to get red and mean. Realization came across Basil's face.

"And soon, my mouse friend, you'll be just like me." She said, laughing a most horrible laugh.

"Get the little brat out of her room. I want Basil to see this." She said. One of the rats came back, a sheepish look on his face.

"What?" Said Samantha irritated.

"She's gone."

Okay then. I think we can all agree that Samantha just turned out to be some evil bitch. anyways, I think I'm going to be working extra hard on this one because I've already got the idea for the next story. I guess you could say I watched the sixth sense... tee hee!!! alright, well R&R and I'll get back to this story as soon as I can.