"Basil where are you going at this time of night?" Dawson rose out of bed, removing the covers off his legs. Basil slipped on his coat and looked through a crack in the door "We need to find out the true instance of this murder."

Dawson shook his head "B-But Basil, Ratigan-"

"Ratigan is not to blame.." The tan mouse shook his head and rubbed his chin. Dawson watched him pace back and forth, he grabbed a napkin out of his coat and sniffled "Poor Rosalie.." he stopped rubbing "Well if it wasn't Ratigan, who was it?"

Basil smiled and brought out Rosalie's gold necklace "We'll find out with this!" He smiled as he brought out the twinkling chain and Dawson shook his head "Basil you sly dog!"

They creaked past the doors in the house, making sure no one came out of their rooms. Everyone had secluded themselves behind their doors, hoping that time alone would be enough to settle the loss of Rosalie. She had touched everyone, as emotionally as possible. Rosalie brought a brightness to the room, like a candle set a flame. Everyone was in their own bit of darkness, silent and thinking about how such a light could be taken out in an instant. Basil looked both ways before sneaking through Rosalie's and Ratigan's room. Dawson and him looked around "Basil, what exactly are we looking for?"

Basil looked through the clothes and noticed a small box, he opened it and saw Rosalie's engagement ring, The large diamond still sparkling against the gold band. He scanned his finger across the band and felt the engraving Forever and Always he smiled and shook his head "As extravagant as possible." He started to look under the bed "A ha! Here girl!" he waved his hand and noticed a small figure crawl from underneath the bed. Cleo whimpered and snuggled against Basil's leg "There, there.." the frog smiled and Dawson quirked an eyebrow "Basil what does Cleo have to do with it.."

"Cleo is the only one who really knows Rosalie.." He brought out the small necklace and allowed the frog to sniff it. She perked up and immediately started to sniff around, Basil watched her roam around the room "See Dawson! Just like Toby! I knew by the type of frog she was, roaming in the.. peculiar fragrances of the bayou allows her to have an impeccable sense of smell.." Cleo looked up and nearly started running out the door. Basil shouted "We're on the hunt Dawson!"

Cleo ran across the hall and around three different doors until she stopped in front of Lorenzo's door. Without hesitation, Basil burst through the door and noticed Lorenzo sitting at his desk, he was holding a small picture in his hand and a cup of whiskey in the other. Basil noticed how in pain he was, not only because Ratigan had punched and scratched his face. He had missed Rosalie, probably more than anyone except Ratigan himself.

Lorenzo looked up as Basil grabbed him by the collar "Did you have anything to do with this?" he didn't give time to answer "We are on the case weather you like it or not!"

"Listen, I had nothin to do with..Rosalie.."

Dawson pushed him in the chair, Basil stood in amazement at his colleges forcefulness "We are aware of your motives-"

"Motives?" his blue eyes grew wide. Basil chuckled in amusement "It was painfully obvious that you had grown jealous of Rosalie and Ratigan's relationship, and you personally went out of your way to make him go into that fit of rage.." he pointed at the scratches on his face "Which you are lucky to be alive for."

Lorenzo rubbed the scratch on his face "Well yeah I was jealous about their relationship! She was supposed to end up married to me! We had everything practically planned, including her daddy's blessin' I thought that if I invited her back and made her look at all the things she missed here, like Big Daddy, the shooting contest, her friends and well…me, that she would run back into my arms." he took the picture out of his pocket "She gave me this before she left to London..she told me even if she was gone, I still had a piece of her here." He shook his head "Well now I really do believe that.." he looked at Basil "But I had no idea he would lash out like that, that professor is something tough-"

"Wait a minute.." Basil stopped him "You sent the invitation?"

Lorenzo sat up "Yes.. Samantha didn't want to send it so I had Ginger take it for me, that girl went halfway across the world to deliver it.. wouldn't blame her, Ginger and her were best friends."

Dawson rubbed his chin "But why wouldn't Samantha send it?" Lorenzo rolled his eyes "That girl is so dramatic. Samantha and Rosalie ended on a sour note before she left, and held a grudge ever since.."

Basil pondered to himself "So Samantha didn't want anything to do with them in the first place.." he smiled slightly at his amazing intellect and Lorenzo chimed in "If you are finding out who did this.. I want to find out too." He laid out his hand and Basil reluctantly took it.

Lorenzo face palmed his head "Oh no.."

"What?" Dawson touched the young grey mouse on the shoulder. They watched as he grabbed his coat and slipped it on his back. He painfully searched underneath the bed for his shoes and started to slip them on his feet "We need to get to the jail.."

"Why?" Basil asked

"They are going to hang him at Sunrise.." Lorenzo walked past them and they instantly followed behind him, hoping to make the jail on time.

"I should have known Samantha was behind this.." Rosalie folded her arms and walked around the room, and noticed the barred windows and wood nailed to every possible means of escape. She rested on the floor and watched the worry strain on Mavis's face. Having no words, she just simply touched her hand and sent a reassuring smile. She looked at Alex, "Alex, Weren't you and Ja-…erm. Your uncle on your way back to London?"

He simply looked up at her, sweeping the dirt floor with his foot "He came back for you."

She scoffed "I doubt it was on his terms…"

Mavis suddenly chimed in "No. He came back. When he heard you were dead-"

"Samantha told them I was killed?"

Alex and Mavis simply nodded "And that he was the one that did it." Alex added and Rosalie covered her mouth, trying to cover her look of horror "No…" a tear started to roll down her face. Alex held her on the shoulders and Mavis held her hand "When he heard.. he broke.. I never seen anyone so lost. He cares about you Rosalie, everyone can see it. He loved you, probably more than anyone in the world." She looked up into the young mouse's brown chocolate eyes and wiped her tears away "We have to get out of here." She tried to move the wood and heard whimpering behind her "Cleo?" the little frog tried to break through the wood at no avail, Alex rolled his eyes, "She's a frog Rosalie..how is she going to help us? Big and stupid is watching the door!" Vlad was standing on the other side of the doorway, blocking the only possible way out. Elijah looked in the doorway and rolled his eyes "Vlad, What are they doing untied?"

Vlad looked at the little mouse "They were complaining about how tight the ropes were, so I untied them and blocked the door." He smiled slightly, priding himself at his work. Elijah smiled along with him "Oh Vlad, that was so nice!" he grabbed his ear and yanked him to his height "Do I run a five star hotel here?! When I give the rules THEY STAY MY RULES! Now listen you big idiot, I am on the verge of revenge and a glorious fortune, and I don't want you to ruin it for me!" he let go and let Vlad rub his ear. Rosalie spoke up "You know you'd be really nice if you'd shut up."

Alex and Mavis giggled and Elijah burst through the door, pushing Vlad out of the way "You know, I really do pity you Rosalie.. you have gone through so much loss, I was afraid you couldn't lose someone else you loved."

Rosalie remained silent and Elijah laughed "You don't know? Oh you poor dear." He grabbed her hand "Your poor James is fitting for a halo.." Rosalie nearly dropped to the floor "To be hanged at a crime he did not commit.." he held his hand over his heart "Goodbye so soon."

Rosalie was beginning to tear up again as Mavis and Alex tried to comfort her "Pity my dear, you didn't marry me instead.." he left and smiled, whistling a happy tune. Vlad slightly turned around to notice the sight. Rosalie rubbed her eyes "We never should have left London, now it's all my fault.." she sniffled and tears began to soak her tan fur "He was everything I never had.." she looked up and saw Vlad's feet, and looked up to see a napkin handed to her "Please wipe those tears away..I hate to see a woman cry.." she smiled sympathetically "Thank you." She continued to cry, and wiped her tears. Vlad just continued to stay in the same spot "I apologize for that twerps behavior, I triggered him, I'm such an idiot!"

Rosalie patted him on the shoulder "You're not an idiot Vlad."

-Five minutes Later-

In those five minutes, Vlad had poured out everything he had been tormented about and was leaning on Rosalie's shoulder, she was lightly patting him on the back "It's okay sweetie..Let it out."

"He's so mean! I get called an idiot and get slapped around!" he sniffled and Mavis patted his hand "You three are the nicest mice I've ever met!" he turned to Rosalie "You make me think of my dear sweet mother! She always knew what was wrong." She slightly smiled and looked out the window at the dark night sky. Vlad noticed this and sniffled, he held on to her hand "You helped me, now I'm gonna help you." The large dark grey mouse moved to the bars and bent them open enough to let the three through "Go find your beloved! Quickly!" Rosalie kissed him on the cheek "Thank you Vlad.." she smiled and crawled through the bars, right after Mavis and Alex. Dawn was slowly approaching over the mountains as they ran through the Bayou.. Where they going to make it on time?

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