Alright, got started on this right after the last one... whether it makes it up or not today is by my laziness.. ha ha. Anyways, I will stop talking and let you get reading... oh, and I know I haven't done this yet...
disclaimer: I do not own Great Mouse Detective, Basil, Dawson or any other characters from the original movie. All I own is Jade and her mother, and of course the magical VCR... mwahahahahahaha... lol... so yeah, now that that is done... on with the story.
"What's your pleasure?" asked the plump waitress that Jade remembered from the movie.
"Oh, I'll have a-" Basil and Jade both covered Dawson's mouth.
"Oh bout 3 pints, for me. and me ship mates!" said Basil, pointing over to Dawson and Jade. She started to walk away when Basil started to stop her.
"Oh, and-"before he could say anymore, Jade kicked him underneath the table.
"Owe!" he shouted.
"What was that!" she said, excitedly.
"Oh, um. Nothing. I seem to have forgotten. I'll 'member by the time you's get back." he said, as she walked away.
"What was that for?" asked Basil, looking at her.
"Oh, i just figured we would save ourselves a shit load of trouble." she said matter o factually, like she says everything else.
"How?" asked Basil.
"Um, oh never mind." she said, realizing they needed the distraction.
"Well, um. You ask and when she realizes who you're asking for she drugs your drinks. And Dawson here, of course, takes a big swig, some hot chick comes and sings and Dawson jumps on stage with her."
"What?" said Dawson, sitting back in his chair, nearly frightened.
"It's true. But that's the only distraction. The trap door is over there and Fidget will come walking by any moment." she said, just as the unicycle got kicked off the stage.
Soon, that piano we all know came on.
"Dearest friends, dear gentlemen. Listen to my song." Jade hadn't realized she began to sing with her. Basil looked at her. It was the most beautiful voice he had ever heard.
"Jade?" asked Basil.
"Yeah?" she asked suddenly.
"I, I, I um, where did you learn to sing like that?" he chickened out of what he was really going to say. Meanwhile, they heard the clump, blunk, clump, blunk, of fidget behind them.
"Oh, um. I just sing whatever I fee like singing. I didn't learn." she said.
"Well, that's the most beautiful voice I've ever heard." he said, and she looked up in his eyes.
"Well, perhaps you didn't need my distraction." Dawson broke their trance and they looked up to see some other moron on the stage dancing with her. He fell on the piano, just as Dawson would have and the fight broke out just as it would have.
"I think that's the cue to get the hell out of here." said Jade, and soon they were down in the trap door.
"He went this way." whispered jade, peering up in the pipes and seeing Fidget jumping up and down and singing the previous song.
"alright, we will wait for fifteen more seconds and then follow him." said Basil.
"Soon enough, they were wandering the tunnels."
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" asked Dawson, looking around.
"Of course. Right here, left." said Basil.
"It's true. I remember that from the movie." said Jade, and soon they raised the bars.
"Oh no." said Jade, suddenly remembered what happened.
"What?" asked Basil.
"Dawson! No!" she whispered when he tapped on the bottle. Suddenly, a banner rolled down and everyone shouted surprise.
"Bravo! Bravo! A marvelous preformance!" Jade recognized the voice immediately as Vincent Prince, the actor who voiced Ratigan.
she turned to see the giant rat.
She almost cringed, but didn't let any fear show.
"I had expected you fifteen minutes earlier. Mmm, trouble with the chemistry set ol' boy?" he asked. Jade knew what Basil was going to say and he looked at her. She shook her head and gave him the okay to try.
"Ratigan." he folded his hands. "No one can have a higher opinion of you than I." he changed his expression immediately. "And I think you're a slimy contemptible sewer rat!" Ratigan kept the same expression, and closed his still open watch.
"Some greatest criminal mind." Jade muttered.
"What? Who's she?" asked Ratigan.
"None of your concern." said Basil.
"Ah, Basil. I must say, your disguise is most wonderful! One could hardly recognize you."
"Oh please, like he was trying to hide from you. Like a sewer rat would ever leave the sewers anyways." Jade shouted at him.
"Okay, seriously! Who is she!" said Ratigan, walking dangerously towards her. Just then, Jade got a plan.
"Oh, well if you really think your evil scheme is the tour de force, you need to review your lyrics. Really!" she said.
"What do you mean."
"From the brain that brought you the big Ben caper! The head that made headlines in every newspaper?" she said and he got a look of shock.
"I mean really, in every newspaper?" she said. She knew things about this rat nobody else knew.
"Oh, and adding a little sad moment in a bad guy song, really?" she mocked more.
"I don't know what your talking about." said the rat, trying to hide his nervousness, and Basil knew it and felt it too.
"Oh yeah, mister, it hasn't always been champagne and caviar! I've had my share of adversity, thanks to that no good second rate detective Basil of Bakerstreet! He got this far, didn't he?" she said. "And then to make it more pathetic, you start your little crying thing like, for years that little pipsqueak has interfered with my plans, I haven't had a moments piece of mind! Please, if you think he's such a pipsqueak, how does he always seem to beat you!"
Ratigan seemed to be embarrassed and mad all at once.
"To Ratigan, to Ratigan. you're tops that's not that. To Ratigan, to Ratigan, the world's greatest sewer rat!" she mimicked the song, but she used her beautiful voice.
"Oh, that's it little missy!" he said, looking at the others and grabbing her by her side. The one that Fidget stabbed.
"I love that my bat always tells me my opponents weak spots." he said, and Basil ran over and pulled her from him. she quivered in his arms, only because of the pain.
"Oh, this is precious. You're not supposed to fall in love with clients Basil!" said Ratigan.
"I'm not, I mean... she's not a client. She's, um... she's a genius and figured out more about you than I could have ever just by meeting you for the first time. I may be second rate to you, but as far as I'm concerned when compared to her, she's first rate!" said Basil.
"You mean that?" she asked, her vision getting blurry. She felt wet and realized that the rat had ripped a stitch when he pulled on her.
"Of course." he said.
"Oh sure, the greatest detective of all time?" said Ratigan, mockingly.
"Now, let's see. I mean, there were so many ways to try to kill you, I just didn't know which to choose. So, I decided to use them all!" announced Ratigan, pointing around at the weapons pointing at the three mice tied up. Olivia looked over helplessly while Jade did look helpless.
"But here!" he said, excitedly, "Let me show you how it works. First, there is a song I've recorded just for you-" he was cut off by Jade beginning to sing.
"Good bye, so soon! and isn't this a shame!"
"How did you know- oh never mind, you annoying little brat."
"I outsmarted you!" she yelled, before shutting up.
"Anyways, as the song plays, the string tightens." he had fidget showing what would happen. "And when the song ends, the metal ball is released, rolling a long until... Snap! Bang! Twang! Slice! Splat!"
"And so ends the distinguished career of basil of Bakerstreet!" said Ratigan."I would love to stay and witness your demise but you were fifteen minutes late and I have a previous engagement at Buckingham palace." he said.
"Yeah, sure. Like a bunch of people are going to fall for a mechanical queen!'' said Jade smart mouthed.
"How- never mind. never mind." he said, mostly to himself walking away, gritting his teeth.
"See you around." said Ratigan, taking off in a hot air balloon.
"You fiend!' shouted Dawson.
"Sorry chubby. You should have chosen your friends more carefully. Especially that little smart mouthed brat!" he shouted, before exiting. The song Jade had been singing not five minutes before was playing, and Basil was feeling low. Even though it hadn't happened exactly like in the movie, it still happened. Basil was so sure Ratigan had won.
"Basil! Get a hold of yourself!" said Jade, and she began to loose consciousness.
"How? I don't know! What can I do?" said Basil.
"Set it off now." she muttered just before she passed out.
"What? Jade? Jade!" said Basil, before looking around. The ball began to roll down the toy.
"Yes, I see!" he began to mutter math terms as to figure out what to do.
"Dawson, when I tell you we must release the triggering mechanism."
"Get ready Dawson. Steady. Now!" he shouted, and they both hit the trap. the ball caught in the trap, setting off a series of chain reactions, which in the end, set all of them free.
"Smile everyone!" he said, holding onto everyone and standing in front of the camera.
"Told you." came a muffled whisper, and Jade had regained consciousness.
"You're going to get yourself killed!" said Basil, hugging her.
"Come on!" she said, ignoring his worry and heading off for Toby.
"the game's a foot, Toby! Our queen is in danger!" said Jade, and Basil rolled his eyes, knowing she had taken one of his lines again.
Toby went barking off.
"Toby will take care of the cat, we have to go in there..." Jade pointed to a crack, "I think that's where. Then, we will capture Fidget and stop him from throwing the queen to the cat!"
"Toby, go get her!" said Jade just as they jumped off the dog into the crack. They took off running.
"Not this time!" Jade wrestled Fidget to the ground, and this time Basil helped her while Dawson took the queen out of Fidget's arms.
"You little brat!" said Fidget, just before his mouth was tied.
Basil let a smile slip. they ran for where Ratigan was reading off his ungodly list.
Basil took the controls after they had his henchmen tied up.
"You're not my royal council!" the fake queen said, and as Basil went on, he messed with the controls, destroying the toy, and making it known to everyone that this was indeed a imposture.
"You professor are nothing but a stencheous rodentious, commonly known as a-"
"Don't say it!" Ratigan shouted, covering the toys mouth.
"Sewer Rat!" Basil jumped through the curtains.
"Arrest that fiend!" shouted Jade pointing. Everyone jumped on him, and for a moment, there seemed to be no way out. Until Fidget appeared on the balcony holding the girl. Ratigan grinned maniacally and grabbed a rope hanging aimlessly in the air. With it, he swung up to the balcony. jade went to grab him, but missed completely. Luckily, Basil caught her tail.
"Thanks." she said, before standing back up.
"Stay where, you are or the girl dies!" said Ratigan. But just as he had said it, Jade mimicked him, making her face scrunch up while she said it.
"Let's go!" shouted Basil, running out of the palace.
sorry... I just had to stop somewhere... it was getting long... lol... anyways, that's my story... so there! no, it's not over yet... probably one or two chapters left... so stay in touch and I'll be back! (said like Arnold Schwarzenegger.)