Ratigan taunted Basil and practically called him a loser. He strapped them down to a mousetrap. He glanced over at the girls quickly but then described what his trap would do to the men. Basil looked plum in defeat like he couldn't solve his way out of this one. Ratigan was mocking Basil. Fidget got Cherry out of the bottle, corking it up again.
He tied her up and got her in the blimp, along with Flaversham. Dawson was trying to get Basil to spring into action. Katie held Olivia safely, looking worried for Cherry. Cherry grunted and struggled, then frowned as she was away from Katie again. Basil frowned, the traps were set and they could die from any possible angle. Was this the end of Basil of Baker Street, the great mouse detective? Ratigan got into the blimp and taunted Basil until they were no longer in hearing range.
Dawson looked at Basil. "Come on, Basil, if you don't do something, we're going to die!" He says.
Basil sighed, he was just down in the dumps as the record slowly played, very fitting to their pain and misery of this situation. "Oh, there's nothing I can do... He's won the battle..."
Katie started to kick at the cork.
Dawson looked at Basil. "You can't let him win, what about the Queen and the others?" He asks.
"Oh, how could I have been so blind?" Basil was still glum as the song was slowly winding down. "Ratigan's proved he's more clever than I..."
Dawson soon got annoyed with Basil's pessimistic attitude. "We might as well set off the trap ourselves and get it over with!" He yells.
Basil sighed very wearily, Ratigan would never walk into a trap like this. The record was getting slower and slower, the song must be ending very soon, which meant they would be in an unworthy demise.
"Oh, it's finally happened," Basil sighed. "I've been outwitted..."
Dawson looked grumpy. He was annoyed and had just shouted at Basil.
"Basil, either get over it or do it yourself!" Katie shouts.
"Beaten... Duped... Made a fool of..." Basil continued, seeming to tune them out. "Oh, ridiculed, belittled..."
The record scratched slightly, but the song kept going and the traps didn't set off just yet. Katie tried pushing at the cork too.
Dawson was majorly annoyed. "Might as well set the trap off yourself!" He says angrily.
"'Set it off now'..." Basil muttered. He slowly shut his eyes, and suddenly came back alive. "Set it off now? Y-Yeah... Yes! We'll set the trap off now!" he chuckled as he suddenly looked animate again, but slightly insane.
Dawson blinked. He looked at Basil like the detective was crazy. The record finally stopped and the needle moved. This set off the cork by a wine glass with an olive in it.
Basil took note of the actions that are set to kill them. "Angle of the trajectory, multiplied by the square root of an isosceles triangle, dividing by the Guttermeg's principle, of opposing forces in motion, and adjusting for the difference in equilibrium," he then looked to the mouse doctor as their paws were holding back the trap until the sphere would roll down for them and snap them with the arrow and gun to kill them. "Dawson, at the exact moment I tell you, we must release the triggering mechanism!"
Dawson closed his eyes tight in fear, shaking just a little, but going to help him.
"Get ready, Dawson!" Basil told him. "Steady... NOW!" he let go of the trap as the sphere came whooshing down from the tunnel it was going through to snap the trap onto them.
Dawson pushed it with Basil. Katie blinked as she watched. Just as the ball came down, it got caught in the metal trap instantly as they let go. The trap wiggled a little and one of the bolts hit the gun, making it shoot upward and the arrow went the other way with the bullet. The arrow hit the axe and it came crashing down, but hit the middle of the trap and freed both Dawson and Basil without them getting killed or injured.
The anvil came down and smashed, again, missing the male mice, but it shook the bottle and made the cork pop off, freeing Katie and Olivia. Dawson looked surprised, but reached out and caught Olivia. Olivia screamed, but then looked shocked. Katie merely gasped.
Basil quickly changed into his old clothes, holding everyone close to him. "Thank you, Dawson..." he then wrapped everyone closer to him with a silly grin. "Smile, everyone!"
The camera flashed, taking their picture instantly of course. Katie looked surprised, as did the others.
"Now, we mustn't waste any time," Basil told them. "We have to save the Queen!"
"But we won't get there on time." Dawson says.
"I have my ways." Basil reminded him.
They all went off and climbed through the vents on the public streets. Once Basil was out, he whistled for his faithful companion to give them a much quicker ride to Queen Mousetoria's. Dawson, once again, ended up on Toby's tail as he ran towards the palace. Katie clung to Basil, with Olivia between her and him. Toby growled once he was told the queen was in danger as he took them all to Buckingham Palace, carefully and quickly as possible.
"I just hope your friend and father will be quite alright." Basil said to Katie and Olivia as they were on their way.
"I'm sure they will be..." Katie says softly, hugging the two.
Olivia nodded. Toby barked as they passed horses that looked like giants compared to their tiny size. Within moments, they were at the front gates and the dog stopped once he came to a way for them to go into without disturbing any of the humans. Basil walked through a hole with them, leading them in through the palace to save the Queen and maybe even Cherry.
Fidget was taking the Queen to be eaten by Felicia. Katie gave Olivia to Dawson. She would help fight. The Queen kept trying to kick at Fidget as he held her above him and ready to be eaten by the deathly jaws of the cat, who eagerly awiated to be fed. Basil grabbed the Queen just as Fidget was about to throw her right into Felicia's mouth. Fidget ended up falling, almost eaten himself but able to get away. Katie helped untie the Queen. Felicia was going to try to eat him anyway. She stopped once she heard barking, ah, the dreaded enemy of a cat to be faced with a dog. Toby growled and chased Felicia down the street.
"Good heavens," Queen Mousetoria gasped once she was rescued. "Thank you, my dear..." she was angry, but soft to Katie since she was helping save her.
"Forgive my state of dress, Your Majesty, however, I am pleased to see you are well, other than this evil plot on your life." Katie says softly. She got the Queen her robe to help cover her, so she wasn't in just the nightgown.
Queen Mousetoria took her robe, feeling better now, then looked firm. "Pleased to meet you too, but I'm afraid that we have to stop a menace taking my place!"
"Where is he now?" Basil asked.
"Out with the good ladies and gentlemice," the Queen informed. "He's used some sort of robot replica so he can take over the kingdom!"
Dawson tied up Fidget and the other 'guards' once Ratigan was out the front. Ratigan was reading off a long list of his rules. Olivia hugged her father. Hiram hugged back, hoping this reunion wouldn't be rudely and instantly interrupted like the last. The Queen Mousetoria robot was unresponsive for a moment, but it then called Ratigan an 'insidious fiend', shocking the citizens. Cherry was nowhere to be found. Ratigan looked mad and tried to quieten the robot.
Dawson watched. Olivia, who was at the back, heard a muffled sound from in a crate. She got Katie who helped her open it. Katie saw it was her friend and started to loosen her bonds. Fidget, meanwhile, was wiggling free from his own bonds.
"You're not my royal consort!" the robot queen snapped before it was silenced.
Cherry gasped once the crate was opened and she was free. "Food... Water... Atmosphere..." she panted like she had been starving for at least three days.
Ratigan was slowly getting angrier. But he tried to play it off as a joke. Fidget slipped out of the ropes. He then quietly went over to the three. He pushed Cherry over and grabbed Olivia and ran off with her. Katie managed to help her friend out but not able to properly untie the ropes. She had to run after Fidget, trying to save the young girl she felt a family-like bond to, too. After all, the girl was very young.
Basil kept controlling the robot from now on to throw off the townspeople and Ratigan himself and even purposely made the mechanics go haywire. Once it got to a good time, he came from behind the curtains to bust him and called the villain something he hated more than anything. "SEWER RAT!"
Cherry got herself settled and glared as Fidget took Olivia away from Hiram yet again. "Katie, don't let him go!"
Ratigan cried out in anger. Dawson helped jump on Ratigan. Only for the rat to throw them all off. Katie nodded and ran after them still.
Fidget ran up to a balcony. "Got girl! Got girl!" He shouts.
"Arrest that fiend!" Basil called sharply.
Hiram let Cherry go and they had rushed out too to take down Ratigan and end his true reign of terror. Queen Mousetoria even jumped on Ratigan while the guards tried to stop the townsmice.
Ratigan threw them all off and, after jumping on a couple of mice's heads like stepping stones, grabbed a rope and swung up onto the balcony. He grabbed Olivia off Fidget and noticed Katie too, grabbing her. "Follow me and the girls die!" He warned, before rushing off with them.
Fidget was sorting out the blimp. Katie blinked, surprised at the sudden grabbing.
"KATIE!" Cherry cried to her.
Hiram looked devastated for both Katie and Olivia.
"Hurry, you two!" Basil told Dawson and Cherry before dashing off, going to follow Ratigan anyway.
Ratigan threw them into the basket before getting in himself. Fidget started to pedal, making the blimp fly. Dawson ran with Basil, Cherry and Hiram.
"There he goes!" Basil pointed when they came outside and the blimp was beyond their reach. "Dawson, Flaversham, Cherry, gather up those balloons!"
"Balloons?" Cherry looked around, she didn't see them at first, but she eventually did.
Basil lowered the national flag as thunder was heard. Must be a big storm coming. Dawson helped gather the balloons.
"This better work..." Cherry mumbled as she helped, hoping it would for Katie and Olivia's sake.