Author's Notes: Hey hey readers! Thanks again for your feedback!
Sonny April, Mike indeed has a pretty big crush on Violet and is aware that she is married from news articles and she has zero feelings for him. It's kind of like hanging with a celebrity who you have a crush on and you know that there's absolutely no chance of getting together. The reason why the hand holding part exists is Mike accidentally but subtly reveals his feelings to everyone and Violet is just being nice to him. Mike already knows that he's friend zoned and yes, divorces suck big time!
Hammond, like I said to Sonny, there will be no romance between Mike and Violet, it was only Mike accidentally revealing his true feelings to her. Also, you'll find out whether they'll use the Cinnamon Chews from "Help, Police, Murder" or not and by the way, I intended to use the word "crass", not "cross". But thanks for pointing it out though, cross could of worked too!
Brittpage21, I'm so glad you're really enjoying this story and you'll find out what happens next very soon! :D
Individualist, you're absolutely right on that! Mike does have a huge crush on Violet and you'll find out about Mike soon! :D
mattthewriter072, you'll find out shortly whether the Cinnamon Chews will heal Mike or not but I don't think they'll overdo it this time, Wonka's a good guy here, but you'll still have to see! I'm glad you liked the rooms I selected for the Wonkavator to travel through! :D
LinkWonka88, You'll find out if Mike is okay and whether or not Veruca is responsible for the mishap!
Now, on we go! :)
Once everyone was in the Wonkavator, Willy quickly pressed the button that led to the Warming Candy Room. The Wonkavator sped with all of its might as the group stood in silence. Only Mike's labored breathing and shivering could be heard. The young artist's skin turned paler and bluer as Charlie tightly clutched him.
For what seemed like an eternity, the Wonkavator finally arrived to its destination. Without uttering a single word, Willy and Charlie rushed the others to a tall, steel door with a large sign that read in bright red letters: WARMING CANDY ROOM
"Hang in there Mike..." Charlie whispered as Willy opened the door.
Before the group's eyes was a warm room that closely resembled a boiler room of an old time ship complete with machinery, turbines, pipes and wheels. An intense scent of cinnamon filled the air. Some of the pipes were spouting out tiny, bright red drops that smelled like cinnamon.
"Now, we must be very quick here. Clarence, could you kindly give me a cinnamon chew? These are my cinnamon chews, the latest of the warming candies. If you eat just one, it'll keep you warm as a piece of toast." Willy explained as if nothing serious had happened.
Clarence, the lone oompa loompa in the room gave Charlie a pea-sized bright red drop. The chocolatier's apprentice gently placed the tiny candy onto Mike's now purplish tongue.
"Chew it, Mike..." Charlie quietly instructed Mike.
"Mr. Wonka? Will he need more than one based on his condition?" Violet anxiously asked.
"No, no, and no! One is enough. If you give him any more, he'll overheat! We don't want that, do we?" the candyman replied.
Mike at first struggled to chew it with the candy nearly falling out of his mouth. In a matter of seconds, Mike grabbed the candy with his tongue and was able to chew it. His skin and tongue both returned to their normal pigment and the icicles in his hair all melted away.
The young artist quickly sat up and looked around in confusion.
"Hey Charlie? Mr. Wonka? Where are we and why am I soaking wet?" he asked as he shook his shaggy head, ridding the coconut water that was once frozen on him.
Most of the water had landed onto Veruca's face, with some of her heavy make-up starting to smudge. She gave Mike a nasty look as Violet and Charlie both let out huge smiles.
"Mike! You're okay! Thank God!" Violet exclaimed as she lightly hugged the baby-faced artist.
Mike let out a huge grin.
"Yeah. I'm totally fine now and not to mention, don't I smell good?" he jokingly asked as he sniffed his right arm.
Veruca loudly groaned and Violet burst into laughter.
"Why do I taste cinnamon in my mouth and could somebody please tell me where we are!?" Mike asked the chocolatiers once more.
"To answer your question, Mike we are in the Warming Candy Room! Here we make our Cinnamon Chews, which we used to save your life!" Charlie explained.
"See those pipes behind you? Those are the Cinnamon Chews being created. Eating just one of these beauties will keep you warm as toast!" Willy proudly added.
"Really? Wow, they actually work! You know, these make the perfect life-saving devices for people in extremely cold environments! When are you gonna release 'em?" Mike asked in curiosity and awe.
Willy grabbed his chin.
"Hmm... since we tried it on you with successful results, it'll be much sooner than we expected!" he replied.
"And when was that?" Violet questioned.
"Not till next January. We tried it on five oompa loompas and Mike is the first human to try one!" Charlie responded with a smile.
"Oh good for you, congratulations cowboy..." Veruca mockingly told the young artist with a lisp.
Mike bit his lip.
"Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head?" Willy randomly asked the runner-ups as he the led back towards the Wonkavator.
All three of the ticket-finders exchanged confused looks. After everyone was aboard the Wonkavator, Charlie pressed a button and the Wonkavator drastically shifted towards the right.
"Uh Charlie? Where we off to now?" Violet asked.
The chocolatier's apprentice smiled at her.
"You'll find out..." he responded as the group zoomed past a large, brightly lit room filled with vats of assorted colored powder.
Long rainbow tubes were on each end of the wall and all had powdered running out of them.
"You see all of those pipes here and about? This is where our Fun Dip is made! By far one of our most popular candies!" Willy happily announced.
"Oh, I've seen that in grocery stores and gas stations!" Mike yelped, admiring the Fun Dip.
"I'm glad to hear it Mike. They come in dozens of flavors like green apple, cherry, grape, orange, strawberry, watermelon, blueberry..."
When Violet heard the word "blueberry", she found herself back in the Inventing Room, slowly transforming into the human blueberry.
"I feel funny!" she yelled as her bright red belt snapped off.
Violet saw the others looking on with shock and horror. Her despondent father looked on as if he were going to faint at any moment.
"Poke her with a pin!" Mrs. Teevee suggested.
"She'll pop!" Charlie's boyhood self replied.
Mike, dressed in his cowboy costume approached her and poked her in the abdomen. The tiny cowboy suddenly looked up at her.
"Hey Violet? Vi? Are you okay?" Mike asked her with his adult voice.
Seconds later, Violet snapped back into present day. The others looked at her with concern.
"Oh, yeah! I'm fine. Sorry, just a flashback..." she muttered with shame.
"I used to to get them too when I was younger. They're absolutely no fun." Mike replied as he gently patted her in the shoulder as the Wonkavator shifted into a dark room.
The room was pitch black for a few seconds until multicolored lights illuminated it. Before the groups eyes were dozens of fluorescent lollipops of different colors and sizes standing on mint grass.
"Those are the brightest lollipops I've ever seen. They could easily be lights!" Violet remarked.
"You're right Violet. These are no ordinary lollipops. Rather, these are the Luminous Lollies! You can eat 'em while you're laying in bed at night! Such a wonderful way to fall asleep-"
Before Wily could finish, Veruca loudly cleared her throat.
"And not to mention a dangerous way! They must be highly radioactive if they're that bright! These are the Luminous Lollies! You can eat 'em and get deformities for the rest of your fucking life!" she jeered at the candyman, who showed no emotion whatsoever.
Violet's face reddened.
"Can it you nit?! You're ruining everything!" she shouted.
"Oh you just shut the bloody hell up!" Veruca roared as she attempted to punch Violet in the face.
Before the enraged gang member could attack Violet, she ducked and stuck her leg out, causing Veruca to trip over. The gang member let out an angry scream as the chocolatier glanced back at her without a care in the world.
"Just to let you guys know that I really like this room, the whole scene will make the perfect painting." Mike remarked with a slight smile as he checked his blue backpack.
The Wonkavator sped even more until it reached another steel door that had a sign that read: DINASOUR SAVANNA
"Hey guys? Don't you realize that you spelled dinosaur wrong?" Mike asked the chocolatiers.
"Wrong sir, wrong! That is indeed the correct spelling for dinasour." Willy sternly corrected.
Violet smirked to herself.
"Oh, I think I know what you mean. Is a dinasour a candy dinosaur?" she asked.
Willy let out a proud grin at the former gum enthusiast.
"Precisely Violet!" he happily cried as the door automatically opened.
The steel door revealed a large savannah filled with life-sized candy dinosaurs roaming through the long golden grass and acacia trees with chocolate bark.
Charissimi fratres, ego superbe egerunt et non receperint vos unum de Dinasour Savanna!" Willy welcomed the group in Latin.
"Wow..." Mike cried as his bright blue eyes widened.
"My son would love this! He's really into dinosaurs!" Violet added.
"That's good to hear! So does mine!" Charlie happily replied as the group walked deeper into the savanna.
Mike sadly sighed to himself upon hearing that Violet had a son of her own.
"Now, these dinasours are all made of sour candy. Like the spice drop fish you saw earlier, they are edible but they don't feel a thing! Once bitten, the area that was consumed grows back within seconds!" Willy explained.
"But you must be very careful, the dinasours are very temperamental, especially the T rex..." Charlie warned as a bright red T-rex loudly roared. Its roar echoed the entire room.
"This is really something!" Mike cried with wonder, pointing at a pair of flying purple Pterodactyls soaring above him.
Charlie and Willy both smiled at the runner-ups' reactions.
"What kind of grass is this? It's not the mint flavored one we've been seeing!" Violet questioned, closely examining the yellow grass.
"Well that's simple! This is ginger root grass. The dinasours just can't stand the spearmint grass, so they're the only animals in the factory that eat the ginger root grass." Willy explained as a blue stegosaurus stomped nearby.
As the group walked onward, Veruca eyed a nest with five bright white eggs with multicolored speckles that were about the size of a baseball.
"Hey Wonka? Do these dinosaurs lay eggs?" she asked.
"YES! As a matter of fact my dinasours do! That's why they're here!" Willy announced as the others followed Veruca towards the nest.
"I see another one!" Mike stated, pointing to a nearby nest.
"There's like at least a dozen here..." Violet added.
A bright orange Triceratops walked towards its large nest and laid on it.
"Do baby dinos- I mean dinasours hatch out of the eggs?" Mike wondered out loud.
"I'm afraid not. A dinasour never reproduces babies, rather just eggs by themselves. They're essentially like jawbreakers, or Everlasting Gobstoppers. You can just suck on them all day!" Charlie told the runner-ups.
"Are they everlasting like the Gobstoppers?" Violet questioned.
"No, they shrink over time but they do come in different sour flavors such as cherry, watermelon, lemon, orange, banana..." Charlie further added.
Violet's brown eyes widened with anxiety, dreading to hear the word "blueberry" again.
"Oh don't worry, that particular fruit is not one of the flavors in our dinasour eggs..." Charlie coaxed as Violet let out a sigh of relief.
"What kind of dino eggs are those?" Violet asked, scanning the baseball sized eggs.
"Those would be the stegosaurus' eggs! As you can see, these come in different shapes and sizes! See the ginger root nest up that tree? Those contain Pterodactyl eggs and they're around the same size as an almond and recommended for very small children who aren't quite big enough to eat the others. And see those large ones to your left?" Willy asked the others, pointing at a nest with six softball sized eggs several feet away from them.
"Those are the T rex eggs. The most popular kind and recommended for children seven and up!"
The trio of runner-ups all examined the large dinasour eggs and then the bright red T rex loudly chomping on the ginger root grass.
"Let's hurry along now. I think its best if we let the dinasours be. You're just going to love this next room..." Willy kindly told the others as he and Charlie led the runner-ups towards the Wonkavator.
A couple more things: Dinasour eggs were real Wonka candies in the 1980s and they were pretty much just as I described them here. I also thought it would of been cool if they were laid by sour candy dinosaurs! The translation of Willy's Latin greeting is "welcome dear friends to the one and only Dinasour Savanna!"