Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (c) Roald Dahl
Original Fanfic GabbyWonka
Beta reader: Yva J.
Chapter 4: The First Attempt
On one side of the room, she observed a door, which read the name: Willy Wonka
" Eureka!" She said to herself before walking directly towards the door. She tried to open it, but it was locked. Unfazed, she quickly managed to open it with a skeleton-key.
Once inside, she immediately saw that in front of her there was a great writing-desk. Next to the that, the walls seemed covered with a great number and variety of candies. Without turning on the light, she approached the writing-desk and seated herself on the chair in front of it. She opened each one of the drawers looking for information that could be of use, and finally when she was investigating in the last of the drawers, she found an agenda. She opened it and looked for the date of the day that was about to begin in the coming hours.
"Well, well, let's see what Mr. Wonka will be doing today," she mused as she stared down at the writing.
7:00 A.M. Hot chocolate for a good beginning
8:00 A.M. Review unfinished work from the previous day
10: 00 A.M. Take the yacht to the chocolate room and run tests to prove that the chocolate continues being of the best quality
11:00 A.M. Breakfast
12:00 p.m. Work in the inventing room
4:00 p.m. Lunch time
5:00 p.m. Check in with the Oompa Loompas and make certain that there have not been any unforeseen accidents
6:00 p.m. Take notes
7:00PM Time for more chocolate
8:00 p.m. Check cacao crushing machine
9:00 p.m. Dinner
From there on, there was no activity marked.
"Oompa Loompas?" She asked herself. "What is that?...Oh well, it does not concern me."
She closed the agenda, but not before copying the notations onto her portable computer.
Well, she thought, apparently Mr. Wonka will have a chocolate different from his customary variety today. Perhaps a pill that could have adverse affects on his body chemistry if mixed with Chocolate. Perhaps that could cause his nervous system to go into shock and ultimately be his demise.
A malevolent smile appeared on her face.
Immediately, she began to look for a place in which to hide in his office. As luck would have, she noticed that the ceiling was hollow and covered with various platforms. All she would have to do was hide inside one of these and make two small holes. Through this, she could insert an optical cable so she could see on the screen the precise moment Wonka entered his office. The other hole would be where she could drop the pill and ultimately do away with Willy Wonka.
She looked at her watch. It read that it was 6 am. Willy Wonka would not be arriving for some time. In the mean time, before the moment of truth were to arrive, she took out her cellular phone and dialed Slugworth.
Once he answered she spoke. "Sir?" She said in a low voice. "Yes, Sir it's me, I am calling to inform you that I am inside the factory," a pause. "Yes Sir... I will make it look as though it was a terrible accident, probably caused by taking in an experimental mixture. Yes Sir…don't worry." Another pause. "What? Sir I cannot do that, I am an assassin not a thief...that was not in the deal... no, I will not do it." With that she ended the call.
"Slugworth's a fool if he thinks that I would make this job a greater risk by becoming a thief." With this she took out the optical cable and stuck it in one of the holes.
It was almost 7 o'clock; so she quickly placed the device that would put the pill into Wonka's chocolate.
At exactly 7 o'clock, Willy appeared in the office.
She could see him in the screen, he was dressed in a top hat with small amounts of hair visible. In his right hand, he held a black cane with a shining stone on one end. He approached his chair and freed himself of the coat. It looked to be a frock styled coat that was dark blue in color with black stripes on it.
She could see that beneath the coat, he dressed a printed dark blue shirt, which had a very strange form to it. Over that, she noted a black vest, which had silver plated chains hanging down from it. His trousers were black like his vest, and shinny shoes completed his look. His face did not reflect any sort of emotion.
A few seconds later, a little man just like the one she had seen a few hours before, entered the office by way of the door. He was loaded down with a tray with a full cup of chocolate and a small plate with several blue colored candies.
The little man approached the writing-desk and left it next to where Willy Wonka was seated.
"Thanks!" He said to him in very high pitched tone of voice. He offered the man a smile before continuing. "Please bring me that new sugar that we perfected yesterday. I think with that chemical constitution it could give a very new and different flavor to my chocolate, kay?" The small man made a movement that indicated reverence before leaving the office.
For his part, Willy added the candies to his chocolate.
Meanwhile in the ceiling, the intruder prepared to throw a small pill into the chocolate. Seconds later, the little man entered again with a bottle that contained small colorful balls.
"Thanks!" Willy crouched down so as to accept the bottle that the man was offering to him. At the instant while he was leaned over, she took advantage and shot the pill into the cup.
When the small man left Willy's office, he added two of the capsules he had been given. With a spoon he mixed everything together. Taking a small whiff, he picked it up and took a sip.