"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, Natalie 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. They passed many different rooms that they hadn't seen in the factory. The elevator stopped in front of a female oompa loompa sitting at 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 Natalie was pushed into Willy. They both looked up so that their eyes were meeting 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. Natalie 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 said something.
"Candy doesn't have to have a point…That's why its candy." he said. That impressed Willy a lot. He never thought that someone else, let alone a small child, 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 Natalie to her brother. 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 Natalie a pair. She put them on the struck a pose.
"How do I look?" she asked, laughing.
"Amazingly Perfect." whispered Willy to himself.
"This, Is the testing room for my latest and greates 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 Natalie.
"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.
"Seriously, I cannot understand a single word you're saying!" Everyone just stood there in a stunned silence, not sure what to do.
"Okey 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 Natalie.
"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 Natalie. "You take it." he insisted.
"Me?" she asked nervously.
"Yeah...go on." he encouraged. "Just reach out and grab it!"
Natalie 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.Teavee.
"No he doesn't!" Mike snapped back, "He has no idea! You think he's a genius, but he's an idiot!"
"Takes one to know one!" said Natalie. she knew it was immature but someone had to tell the kid.
"Well, I'm no idiot!"
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.