A mouse woman in blue clothing opened the door. Dawson started to speak to the woman. Olivia went down and led Katie in. The woman was named Mrs. Judson, she was telling Dawson that Basil was very busy.
"Well, you see, it's not me for me it's for the girl and the lady..." Dawson trails off.
Olivia had pulled Katie inside and was looking around from a single spot.
"Oh, my you poor dear!" Mrs. Judson rushed to Olivia, removing her hat and coat with a friendly, nurturing smile. "You must be chilled to the bone... I know just the thing, while I get these dried, let me fetch you a cup of tea and some of my fresh cheese crumpets." She then left the room, still smiling.
Cherry followed inside as Olivia was in a large chair. Dawson followed inside too. Olivia smiled a little. Katie had apologetically handed Mrs. Judson her coat. She sneezed softly, blushing under her fur.
"Oh, I think you could use some tea too." Mrs. Judson said to Katie as she took the older girl's coat.
Cherry looked around this area, it looked like a fitting detective's office, a smoke pipe, magnifying glass, and books.
"The villain might've slipped this time, but I still have him!" a voice called, but everyone saw no one new.
Dawson looked around, then to the door. Katie squeaked and held Olivia gently. Olivia blinked.
The door opened to reveal a different mouse about light brown furred in a dragon robe, holding a gun in his hands, which startled everyone. "Out of my way! Out of my way!"
"Whoa!" Cherry ducked down to avoid getting shot if this was a mad mouse. "Who do you think you are!?"
The mouse looked to her and the others in the room. "I am Basil of Baker Street."
Dawson looked.
"You're Basil?! Please, me and Katie need help!" Olivia says.
Katie stood, watching amused slightly. This bit was always funny.
"Can't talk right now," Basil ignored the little mouse girl. He randomly took a dart out from his robe and he hit a board that was over his shoulder and he hit the bulls-eye.
"You don't understand," Cherry spoke up too. "This little girl's had some trouble-"
"Hold on!" Basil delayed.
"Man, for a rich guy, he's poor in manners..." Cherry scoffed.
Dawson frowned, trying to get Basil to listen. Olivia tried too. Katie just watched, amused. She wondered if she should offer to help or let it pan out as normal.
Cherry glanced over to Katie. "Enjoying the show?" she asked with a joking smirk. She hadn't seen the movie as much as Katie, so she sometimes forgot certain things that happened before they were involved.
Katie nodded, smiling amused. Cherry shrugged and watched a little too, this was actually kind of funny. Basil asked Dawson if he could hold onto the gun, but what really got Dawson's attention was that Basil referred to him as a doctor.
Dawson noticed the gun was pointed to his head and shoved it back to Basil. "I say... How the deuce did you know I was a doctor?" He asks.
"Surgeon to be exact," Basil smirked at him. "Just returned from military duty, am I correct?"
"Yes... By Jove, how did you know?" He asks.
Katie started to mouth every word about the reasoning. Olivia was still trying to get Basil to listen.
Basil explained how he knew, he may not had been there and just met everyone, but he knew all of that. No wonder he was a top detective. He then looked to Cherry and Katie, having strange senses around them and came toward them. "You two... You're not from around here, are you?"
"Uhh... Well..." Cherry wasn't sure what to say.
Katie shook her head, grinning. Thay was all she would give away. 'Deduce us~' she thinks, teasing.
Olivia watched with Dawson.
Basil came close by the girls. "You girls are from a former life, you were safe in your little homes and ended up here in a place you don't even know... But you were separated..." He concluded.
Cherry blinked. "How do you know so much, Mr. Basil?"
"It's elementary, my dear," Basil replied, he then instantly got his gun ready and started shooting at the pillows, making feathers fly.
"What is going on here!?" Mrs. Judson cried as she came out of the kitchen. "My good pillows!"
Katie hid her face behind her paws, sneezing a couple of times. Olivia had been pulled to safety by Dawson.
"Bless you..." Cherry said to Katie, those were awful sneezes.
Basil was sending Mrs. Judson back into the kitchen after the poor mouse woman was in a frenzy over her pillows. "Now, I know that bullet's somewhere..." he muttered, looking around for it.
Olivia came over, holding it out to Basil. Dawson checked over Katie a little. Katie crossed her arms slightly.
"Thank you, Miss-" Basil thanked her, he may have known a lot about Cherry, Dawson, and Katie, but he actually didn't know the name of the little mouse girl.
"Flaversham, Olivia Flaversham." she says.
Dawson watched. Katie put a paw on Olivia's shoulder gently, he was rude to her.
"Whatever," Basil continued to hush her. He then went to examine the bullet, it seemed very important to him. He sounded very thrilled, but was quickly disappointed. "No, no, no, NOOOOO! Drat, another dead-end!" he lowly growled. "I almost had him in my grasp!"
Cherry was wondering who he meant for a moment, but then remembered the iconic villain of this story: Padriac Ratigan. Basil sighed, feeling defeated, he decided to play a little violin.
"Now will you listen to Olivia?" Cherry asked since Basil wasn't so focused on one little thing right now.
Olivia explained what had happened. Katie stroked the girl's head softly.
"Young lady, this is not the time for this," Basil sighed as he continued to play his precious instrument. "Surely your mother knows where he is."
Cherry actually knew what Olivia was going to say next. "She doesn't have a mother!"
Basil kept playing, but that was enough to actually make him listen to Olivia. "Uh... Well..." he then tried to get tough again. "See here, I have no time for lost fathers!"
Olivia glanced at Cherry. "He wasn't lost he was stolen!" She huffs.
"By someone with a peg leg." Katie says softly.
Basil's eyes widened. "Did you say... Peg leg?"
"Yeah." Cherry nodded.
"Was it a bat?" Basil sounded very interested now.
"Yes." she replies.
Katie pulled Olivia closer gently, as Basil got a bit intense at this bit.
"You know him?" Cherry then asked.
"Know him?" Basil chuckled. "That bat is known as Fidget happens to be the ploy of the exact villain in my experiment, the horror in my every, waking moment. The nefarious...RATIGAN!" He pointed to a picture of the fat rat man hanging above the fireplace.
Lighting flashed. Katie looked, looking both scared and intrigued.
"He's a genius," Basil continued to those who didn't know Ratigan. "A genius twisted for evil, the Napoleon of crime!"
Katie tried not to sing the song.
"He's that bad?" Cherry asked.
"Worse!" Basil continued in a frenzy. "For years, I've tried to capture him, and I've come close... So very close... But each time, he's narrowly evaded my grasp. Not a corner in London is safe while Ratigan's at large... Who knows what dastardly scheme that villain may be plotting as we speak?"
Cherry went with Katie to comfort Olivia, this must have been a little scary for her. Katie stroked Olivia's hair fur. Olivia snuggled up to her, smiling softly at Cherry.
Cherry blinked, then smiled as she looked down to Olivia. "Hello there..."
"We mustn't waste time," Basil told his new comrades. "I'll fetch transportation for us."
Katie smiled. She then looked at Basil. Oh, they were going to meet Toby. Olivia then went to the window and screamed. Fidget screamed too and ran off.
"Oh, honey, did something scare you?" Cherry gently asked Olivia before they went off.
Katie noticed and gasped. "It's him." she says.
Dawson ran with Basil. Fidget managed to escape.
Basil ran. "Quickly, Dawson, we haven't a moment to lose!"
Cherry had Olivia close, she recognized the bat. "It's...Digit? ...No, no, Bridgette...?"
"Fidget." Katie says.
Dawson followed, but merely found the hat.
"That was my next guess." Cherry said.
Basil was with Dawson, Fidget was gone, but there were tracks from the bad bat left behind. He felt he was closer to Ratigan now. Katie nodded. Dawson held out the hat. Basil took everyone back to his place.
"Now, there's nothing to be afraid of, dear..." Mrs. Judson soothed Olivia. She smiled reassuringly to her, but glared at Basil for scaring her and ignoring her lately.
Katie watched Basil. Olivia went to hug Katie.
"The scoundrel's quite gone." Dawson reported.
"Ah, ah, ah," Basil waved a finger. "But not for long, Miss Flamhammer." he told Olivia.
"Flaversham!" Katie and Olivia said together.
"Whatever," Basil shrugged them off again. "Now, we simply pursue our peg-legged friend until he leads us to the girl's father."
"Then you'll get Olivia's father back?" Cherry asked, hopefully.
"Yes." Basil replied calmly, then blinked as he looked down to see Olivia hugged him for saying that, he then tried to get her off. "And quite soon if I'm not mistaken," he continued. "Now, hurry along, Dawson, we must be off to Toby's!"
Olivia was now back in her coat. "Where are we going?" She asks, piling her pockets with cheese crumpets.
Katie put her own coat on and subtly moved the violin off Basil's chair. Dawson looked at Basil. Basil went to an end as Sherlock Holmes and Watson were talking.
Cherry was impressed that Sherlock Holmes was really there, but she kept on track and followed the fellow mice. Basil was calling for this Toby they were supposed to meet.
"Who's Toby, Mr. Basil?" Cherry asked. "Is he going to give us a ride?"
"Exactly." Basil grinned to her.
Olivia stood with Dawson and Cherry. She giggled as Katie went ahead, looking excited. Katie was practically bouncing as she went ahead a little with Basil, after making sure Olivia was definitely okay. She was so excited.
"Ah, here is now." Basil grinned.
Everyone looked to see a rather large basset hound show up, of course, since they were mice, he looked like a giant.
"Ladies and Dawson, Toby, Toby, Ladies and Dawson." Basil introduced the dog to the new mouse women.
Katie giggled and started to hug Toby's nose. Olivia was hiding. Cherry was a little nervous, but she came to the dog. Toby smiled down to Katie, giving her a lick though. Katie rubbed his nose gently, giggling. Toby seemed to naturally like Katie and smiled to her. Katie whispered something to Toby. Telling him to find the darling Olivia. Olivia was under a footstool. Toby raised his large ear for that and he went off to find the girl, his nose to the ground, sniffing about like a vaccum.
"I'm not sure about riding him..." Cherry sounded scared.
Katie hugged her friend. "Hey, don't worry, I'll help both you and Olivia." she smiles.
Olivia peeked out at Toby.
"Very well, we must all get going," Basil proclaimed, but looked down to Olivia. "Except for you, Miss Flamsheer."
"Flaversham." Dawson helps correct.
Katie held Olivia too her. Olivia looked up at Basil.
"Either way, she's not coming with us." Basil folded his arms.
"Come on, this is for her, why can't she come?" Cherry asked. "How can you say no to a cute little face?"
"Young lady, you're not coming with us and that's final!" Basil said sharply.
Toby ended up taking Cherry, Katie, Basil and Dawson on his back, Olivia was then able to go, despite Basil's protests. Olivia was clung to Basil. Dawson ended up on Toby's tail. Katie was making sure Cherry stayed on. Cherry held Katie tight as they went along. Basil was the only determined and excited one as he held Toby's collar like a horse's reigns as they went along. Katie had a grin on her face. Olivia clung tight to Basil. Dawson was trying to keep on Toby.
