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The screaming of Violet Baudelaire could be heard throughout the house. She had always been quiet terrified of fire since the day her and her siblings had burned down Hotel Denouement.

As expected Quigley and her brother Klaus rushed into her room not only to make sure she as okay but also to get her and everyone else out before the apartment was reduced to ashes. They had all forgotten their initial mission and were now focused on making sure everyone got out alive.

"Although this may sound mean, we have to get out of here. They've all lived through much more dangerous events they'll be okay." Denisha said coughing from the growing smoke in the air.

She helped Anjel to her feet and they both ran back into the bedroom they were given. When inside Kenny was already awake and ready to go.

"Don't tell me, we're being attacked right?" he asked trying not to put too much pressure on his right ankle.

Denisha nodded and broke through the remainder of the glass in the window.

"Wait, Isadora's poems… we should take them!" Anjel said watching as smoke puffed into the room.

"There's no time we have to leave now!" Kenny said nearly dragging her back to the window. He winced in pain as a small chair rubbed against his ankle.

Anjel broke free from his grasp and took the book from the bookcase. She paused noticing there were only a few books left so she secretly took the others as well regardless of how heavy some seemed to be.

"Come on let's go! The flames are getting closer!" Denisha shouted from outside of the window. It was still very cold as New York mornings usually were but she wouldn't go down the steps until she was sure that all three of them got out safely.

Finally Anjel followed both of her friends out of the burning room. She took one last glance at the room noticing Carmelita had just gotten inside. She angrily looked for them as they made their way down a small black ladder.

"…Are you all alright?" a voice called from the shadows. They turned to see Violet, Klaus, and Sunny pull up beside them in another taxi.

"Yes we're fine…" Anjel said getting inside of the car. "Where are the Quagmire triplets? Did they make it out as well?"

Violet turned away holding back her tears. "We're not sure. Isadora and Lemony were the first to get out but Quigley and Duncan stayed behind to distract Carmelita." Klaus replied driving away from the burning building.

"Then they must be okay! We saw Carmelita right before we got down the ladder." Denisha said suddenly.

"Besides if you all got lost again all you'd have to do is go to that ghost town you wrote about... right Klaus?" Kenny asked.

Everyone turned to look at him in confusion. "How could you possibly know about that?" Klaus asked.

Kenny looked away for a moment pulling a small composition notebook from his back pocket. "…I took it with me in case we caught up with you guys again." He said.

Klaus smiled taking the notebook and nodded. "I'm guessing you took the other books as well?" he asked Anjel.

She nodded. "Yes, I wanted to make sure they weren't destroyed." She said handing them to him sadly. Her plan couldn't work if they couldn't get away.

Klaus glanced at both of his siblings uneasily and sighed. "…Listen all of you… we heard what you were saying last night and even though it's extremely dangerous for a series of reasons… we're going to try and help." He said.

Sunny lit up despite the now nearly contained fire that consumed her last home. "Lemony didn't want us to be involved in your situation. He feels that it's his fault you're here in the first place so helping you three should also help him." She said.

"Yes, he already has problems sleeping at night." Violet added softly.

"But the tattoo… is it removable?" Kenny asked.

Denisha looked over to him confused. "What are you talking about, you don't have any…" she fell silent noticing his ankle was wrapped.

"No, but there are thousands of ways to hide it." Klaus said driving slower now. "Anyway we're almost to the hotel. In order for this plan to work you're going to have to convince Evelyn to give you her brothers' address."

"We don't have a teacher named Evelyn." Anjel said quietly.

"Yes we do… it's Ms. Volatile." Denisha said smiling.

"Ms. Volatile… but isn't her name Mary?" Anjel asked.

Kenny smiled a bit at his classmates' humor. "Ms. Volatile is a nickname she got because of her strange mood swings." He said.

Anjel frowned slightly realizing how mean her classmates had been. Still she didn't have time to nag about it.

Klaus parked the car in a no parking zone to let them out. He sighed wondering if they'd really come back. To make sure he stopped Kenny from leaving. "…It's too dangerous for you to go out there; you're ankle needs more time to heal. Stay with us until they get back." He said.

Both of his friends stopped the small taxi. "How do we know you won't leave before we get back?" they said together.

Violet thought for a moment. She took a small ribbon out of her coat pocket and handed it to them. "Here, I couldn't leave without this." She said smiling.

Anjel examined it before allowing them to go.

"Wait, your letting them go just like that?" Denisha asked.

Anjel nodded putting the ribbon safely into her pocket. "Yes I trust them to be here when we get back." She said turning to look at the hotel. It was surrounded by the lingering darkness not yet overcome by twilight.

"Are you sure about this?" Denisha asked.

Anjel walked towards the building. "Positive, I'll never put either of you in danger again." She said.