A/N I don't own any characters except for Erika, Charity, Rosaline and Annaliese
Chapter Seven dissolving people
"I really don't know why I didn't think of this in the beginning!" said Willy.
"The elevator really is the fastest way to get around the factory." the group entered the glass elevator. Charlie, Erika and Willy stood in the back and Mike and Mr. Teevee in the front. Mike took a look at all the different buttons leading to the rooms of the factory.
"There can't be this many floors." he said.
"Well how do you know Mr. Smarty Pants?" wondered Willy in a mocking tone.
"Besides, this isn't just an ordinary up and down elevator. Nope! This elevator can go sideways, front ways, slantways and any other ways you could think of!" said Willy. "All you gotta do is push any one of these buttons and you're off!" he pushed a random button and the elevator moved with a jolt. Nobody was prepared for the sudden movement, so they all crashed into the walls. "Oh look Fudge Mountain" After that room they came to another room with pink sheep everyone looked at him he said "Oh ... I rather not talk about this room"
Next was a bunch of puppets on hospital bed and he said "Puppet hospital and Burn room it's um fairly new."
We stopped in front of a female Oompa Loompa sitting behind a desk. "Oh, The administration offices!" said Willy. "Hello Doris!" he said waving to the woman.
The elevator suddenly moved again causing everyone to run into the wall again. But this time Erika was pushed into Willy. They both looked up so that their eyes met before both blushing furiously. Once again they stopped but instead of going sideways they shot straight down. The entire way they were bombarded with sights of exploding candy. Oompa Loompas were in every direction shooting the candy out of cannons, causing it to explode into brightly coloured fireworks.
Willy looked over to the kids. Charlie looked like a kid on Christmas day. Erika was no different, Her eyes shone brightly amongst all the different colours. Willy noticed that there was a strange feeling in his stomach. That Teevee kid, on the other hand, didn't look too impressed.
"Why is everything here completely pointless?" he said. Willy was about to object when Charlie and Erika said something hoping to shut the kid up.
"Candy doesn't have to have a point…That's why its candy." they said. That impressed Willy a lot. He never thought that someone else, let alone a small child and adult, could share his understanding of what candy was.
"I wanna pick a room!" ordered Mike. Willy smiled at him.
"Go ahead." he said, stepping away from the buttons. Mike walked over and stared at the selection. He finally pressed one. Television Room it read.
"Big Surprise!" whispered Erika to her brother hoping Willy heard which he did and smirked. The elevator came to a halt and everyone stepped out. Willy led them to a white room.
"Quickly, put these on!" said Willy, indicating to the odd-looking goggles near the door.
"The light in here is so strong that it could burn your eyes right out of their sockets!"
Charlie handed Erika a pair. She put them on the struck a pose.
"How do I look?" she asked, laughing.
"Absolutely Beautiful." whispered Willy to himself but she heard which made her blush.
"This, Is the testing room for my latest and greatest invention: Television Chocolate. One day it occurred to me. Hey, if television can break up a photograph into millions and millions of tiny little pieces and send them whizzing through the air, and reassemble them on the other end, why can't I do the same thing with chocolate? Why can't I send a real bar of chocolate through television already to be eaten?" Wily said.
"Why Not…it sounds plausible." admitted Erika.
"Exactly right my dear girl!" beamed Willy.
"That's impossible!" exclaimed Mike. Willy looked at him, and he continued, "You don't understand anything about science. First off, there's a difference between waves and particles….duh!" he said as if it were the plainest thing in the world.
"Second, the amount of power it would take to convert energy in matter would be like nine atomic bombs!" he exaggerated using his hands.
"Mumbler" Willy burst out; finally losing his temper with Mike Erika narrowed her eyes at Mike because she was getting angry with him also she knew he was a genus and the kid was a moron.
"Seriously, I cannot understand a single word you're saying!" Everyone just stood there in a stunned silence, not sure what to do.
"Okay dokey. I shall now send a bar of chocolate from one end of the room to the other by television!" He smiled enthusiastically. "Bring in the Chocolate!"
Moments later, half a dozen Oompa Loompas appeared carrying an enormous bar of chocolate, heading towards the platform that was located in the centre of the room.
"It's gotta be real big, 'cause you know how TV you can film a regular-sized man and he comes out looking this tall?" he showed with his hands, mimicking a small figure. "Same basic principle"
Once the Oompa Loompas set the chocolate in place, Willy pressed a large red button. The machineries began to hum and rumble, and the bar was lifted up as a glass tube descended to cover the platform. Then, with a flash of light, it was gone. Everyone gasped in surprise.
"It's gone. It's actually gone!" exclaimed Erika excitedly
"I told you so!" replied Willy, "As we speak, that bar is whizzing above our heads in a million tiny little pieces." he said pointing above their heads.
"Come over here! Come on!" and swiftly rushed back in front of the TV on the other end of the room. The group excitedly gathered around and watched the screen. For a moment, nothing happened.
"Here it comes…!" announced Willy.
And just like he said, moments later they were all surprised to see the same bar of chocolate appear right inside the program. The only difference was that it was considerably smaller in size.
"Take it!" Willy said, nudging Mike
Mike raised an eyebrow, "It's just a picture on a screen."
"Scaredy cat" He looked over at Erika. "You take it." he insisted.
"Me?" she asked nervously.
"Yeah...go on." he encouraged. "Just reach out and grab it!"
Erika hesitated for a moment but decided to give it a try. She slowly extended her hand towards the screen. She felt the bar solidly inside her grip as her fingers broke through the screen. She quickly grabbed it, scared of what could happen if her hand was there a moment longer.
"Go on, try it. It'll be delicious! It's the same bar, it's just gotten a little smaller on the journey, that's all," he reassured her.
Natalie opened the wrapping paper and took a bite of the chocolate.
"It's perfect!" she said, smiling at him.
"So imagine," he said, "You're at home watching television, and all of a sudden, a commercial comes on and a voice will say: "WONKA'S CHOCOLATES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD! IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US…TRY ONE YOURSELF!" then you simply reach out…and you take it!" he said.
"But could you send other things if you wanted to Say breakfast cereals?" asked Mr. Teevee.
"Do you know what that breakfast stuff is made of? It's those curly little wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners?"
"But you could send it if u wanted to?" asked Charlie.
"Yeah I guess I could," Willy answered.
"What about people?" asked Mike
"Well why would I want to send people?" said Willy, confused, "They don't taste very good."
"Don't you realize what you've invented?" exclaimed Mike. "It's a teleporter! The most important invention in the history of the world! And all you think about is chocolate!"
"Calm down, Mike! I think Mr. Wonka knows what he's talking about," said Mr. Teevee and Erika who was actually glaring at Mike.
"No he doesn't!" Mike snapped back, "He has no idea! You think he's a genius, but he's an idiot!"
"Takes an idiot to know an idiot!" said Erika. She knew it was immature but someone had to tell the kid to shut the hell up.
"Well, I'm not idiot!"
"Yes you are" said Erika under her breath and Willy heard her but didn't grin though he thought it was funny
Before anyone could stop him, he sprinted towards the machine. He shoved the Oompa Loompas out of his way. Willy timidly raised his hand, "Hey little boy?" Mike didn't even bother to glance at him, "Don't touch my button!"
With one jump, Mike had pressed the red button that set off the machine, and then landed onto the platform. Everyone just watched helplessly as he was raised in the air and closed inside the glass tube. Moments later, there was a bright flash, everyone looked away. When they looked back…Mike Teevee had vanished into thin air.
"He's gone!" exclaimed Mr. Teevee as he stepped towards the platform, looking for his son.
"Let's go check the television and see what we get, shall we?" suggested Willy. They all raced back over towards the TV set and gathered in front of the screen.
"I sure hope no part of him gets left behind…" Willy said to himself, although everyone could hear. The look on Mr. Teevee's face was priceless Erika hid the smile that was spreading across her face.
"What do you mean?" asked a horrified Mr. Teevee.
"Well, sometimes only half of the little pieces find their way through." said Willy cautiously. There was a very uncomfortable silence. Willy thought to himself for a moment before turning to face Mr. Teevee.
"If you had to chose only one half of your son, which half would it be?" he asked, trying to hopefully break the tension in the air hopefully being the key word.
Mr. Teevee just stared at him in anger. "What kind of a question is that?"
"No need to snap," Willy said quietly, "It was just a question." He turned to the Oompa Loompa sitting in a chair behind him
"Try every channel, I'm starting to feel a little anxious." he said
The little man began scanning through the channels quickly. He stopped when he found a news channel and saw the tiny figure of Mike hopping up and down on the anchorman's desk.
The most important thing we've learned,
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
Never Ever Let Them
Never Ever Let Them
Ooh Ooh
Never Ever Let Them
It rots the senses in the mind!
It kills Imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind!
So Dull So Dull !
He can no Longer understand
A fairytale and a fairyland!
A Fairyland a Fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think he only sees!
He only Sees
He only Sees
Regarding little Mike Teevee,
We very much regret that we
Shall simply have to wait and see
If we can get him back his height.
But if we can't it serves him right.
The Oompa Loompa anchorman had smashed Mike with his papers, before leaving his chair.
"Ew! Somebody grab him!" said Willy.
Mr. Teevee reached inside the television without hesitation, and pulled out his toy sized son.
"Oh…thank heavens, he's completely unharmed," said Willy, sounding slightly disgusted.
Erika and Charlie looked at each other both trying not to smile in this slightly weird situation.
"Unharmed?" repeated Mr. Teevee, "What are you talking about?"
"Just put me back in the other way!" squeaked the miniature Mike in a barely-audible voice
"There is no other way," replied Willy "it's television, not telephone…there's quite a difference." he said Erika smirked at her brother.
"And what exactly do you propose to do about it, then?" asked Mr. Teevee, trying desperately not to lose his temper.
Willy thought about it. "I don't know." He paused for a moment, "But you know, young men are extremely stringy. He'll stretch like mad-" he broke off in mid sentence as an idea occurred to him,
"I know! Let's go put him in the taffy puller!" he said happily.
Mr. Teevee couldn't believe what he just heard. "Taffy puller?" Willy's smile dropped.
"Hey!" he snapped, "That was my idea!" the buckets started giggling
"Boy…is he gonna be skinny. Oh, yes...the taffy puller." he said before bowing down to the Oompa Loompa.
"I want you to take Mr. Teevee and his little boy up to the taffy puller….okay? Stretch him out."
The Oompa Loompa got up and signaled Mr. Teevee to follow him. Mr. Teevee looked at Willy with disgust then followed the little man out of the room. Willy took a deep breath.
"On with the tour" He led the way back to the door
"So, how many children are left?" he asked, stopping in front of the door. He turned around to face the rest of the group. However to his surprise, the only two that were was Charlie and Erika.
"Um… Mr. Wonka. Charlie's the only one left." said Erika. Willy looked down to Charlie.
"You mean…you mean you're the only one?" he asked. Charlie smiled brightly at him.
"Yes Sir." he beamed. Willy looked around the room.
"What happened to the others?" he asked innocently. Charlie and Erika looked at each other before smiling. The expression on Willy's face changed from Shocked to excite. A huge smile spread across his face.
"Oh my dear boy that means you've won!" he said. He grabbed Charlie's hand and shook it.
"Oh Well done, I congratulate you I really do!" he said. "I want to tell you…both of you…that I had a feeling right from the start!" he said. The only thing, that Charlie could do was just stand there and smile Willy then turned to Erika. He smiled and shook her hand also.
"Now we must get a move on. We can't afford to dilly or dally for that matter because we have an enormous amount of things we need to get done before the day is out." explained Willy as he turned to leave the room with Charlie and Natalie following him.
"But luckily for us we have the Great Glass Elevator to help…" he stopped when he walked right into the closed glass doors. Erika and Charlie raced over to him to make sure that he was ok. Willy got up and gave them a very embarrassed smile.
"…help speed things along." he giggled shyly. Once the three of them were safely inside the elevator, Willy closed the doors and pushed a button that neither of the Bucket children had seen before.
"Up and Out? What kind of room is that?" wondered Charlie. But Willy just smiled.
"Hold on." he said. The elevator was rising upwards, going faster and faster.
"Oh dear, we're gonna have to pick up speed if we're ever going to break through." said Willy.
"Break through what?" asked Charlie nervously.
"I've been longing to press that button for years!" said Willy happily. "Well here we go…Up and Out!" Erika looked at him with a genuine look of fear in her eyes.
"You don't seriously mean…" she asked.
"Yeah…I do." replied Willy.
"But… everything's made of glass…we'll shatter into a thousand pieces!" she said. But Willy just giggled. She held onto Charlie as tight as she could. Charlie grabbed her around waist and hung on for dear life as they crashed through the roof of the factory. Erika closed her eyes as the elevator began to fall. With moments to spare, Willy pressed another button causing them to hover.
Below them they could see the other five children and their parents. Augustus Gloop was completely covered in chocolate and had begun to eat himself much to his mother's dismay. Violet Beauregard was seen doing numerous gymnastics routines down the stairs, however she was still blue. Veruca Salt and her father wandered towards the gate covered in three weeks worth of garbage. And finally Mike Teevee was nowhere to be seen…unless you looked at him face onwards. Mike had been stretched so much that he was too tall and too thin to be seen from different angles; Willy was right when he said he would be skinny!
"Where do you live?" Willy asked Charlie. The boy looked around at their surroundings until he saw their house.
"In that little house on the hill." he said, pointing to his families' home. Willy pressed a button to that the elevator zoomed off towards the house. Without another word, Willy Wonka and the two Bucket children had crashed through the Bucket's roof and were now inside their living room while a child began to cry and Annaliese trying to come the child down. As soon as the elevator door opened Erika ran over to Annaliese and pried her daughter from her friend. She rocked Charity till she fell back asleep.