"Kids, why don't you go play at the beach" said Bertrand Baudelaire. He had expected today to be a normal relaxing day, but that was before his lazy freeloading brother showed up. Volt Baudelaire had always been the lazy one in the family. He never studied when they were in school. He never got a summer job when they were both teenagers. He had no marketable skills at all. He got by on one thing and one thing alone. Volt was a superhero, and could shoot electricity out of his hands. For a couple months he actually used it to stop crime as a masked fighter, but he got bored with it and continued living off his brother's fortune.
"Volt, what the hell are you doing here. We told you to never come back here again." Bertrand yelled. Volt grabbed two beers from Bertrand's refrigerator and flopped down on the couch. "Listen, Bert. I'm gonna need your help again. I've got a guy who's offering me the greatest deal on his surround sound system. I'm gonna need 500 bucks, though. Come on bro." Bertrand had been through this before. He had loaned his brother money time and time again, and had never received a penny of it back. Bertrand was a loving brother, so he tried to be understanding. After all, he did have a fortune to share and this was his brother. But then last month, Volt got in trouble with the law for breaking into a jewelry store. Bertrand got him a great lawyer who got the charges dropped, but Bertrand banned him from ever spending time with the children. He hadn't seen him since, and never expected to again.
"Now listen, Volt. If you are in desperate need of money, I'm sure we can work something out. But you are not allowed to bring your bad influence here and expose my children. Our lives are very fortunate right now and we don't need you messing anything up." Now Volt usually had a pretty calm head, but he was desperate for this speaker system. In an unwarranted fit of rage, he punched against the wall of the mansion. He accidentally emitted a huge bolt of electricity in the wall, which set it on fire. Volt was incredibly embarrassed by what he did, so he ran away without thinking about the consequences. Mr and Mrs. Baudelaire tried to escape the mansion too but unfortunately they choked on the smoke and collapsed. The whole mansion burned down and the Baudelaire parents tragically died.