Response Time: To Naughty, The result is at the end of the chapter, and the actual fight is on the next chapter. To JOHNHAMMOND1993, I love that riddle because the answer is a lawsuit. And I see you and mattTheWriter072 have placed your bets as to who will win. We'll see who's correct. To Linkwonka88, well, you are more than welcome to share a discussion here. :) To mattTheWriter072, we'll see, and even then, you cannot know for sure what happened until you see the fight, eh?

Chapter 21: A Promise I Intend to Keep

About a half hour after they learned of Mike's betrayal, Wonka finally came up with a proper antidote. "It may not have the blood sample, but theoretically, if I can just get a good amount, stir it in, and use it, it should save her. Even if her powers grow back, it might be able to weaken the grip on her head."

Mr. Salt asked him, "Mr. Wonka, I have to ask. Why did you make this antidote in an oversized, Middle-aged cauldron?"

Mr. Wonka frowned. "I just wanted to feel like a alchemist."

Veruca scoffed. "I don't see the point anyway."

Charlie turned to her, "Veruca, why would you say that?"

"Because she can't be helped. She doesn't want our help, so why should we go through this trouble? And the more we fight, the more damage she does. She took Mike from us. Not to mention, that whole thing the first time was a setup. She planned on Mike powering her up. I highly doubt she'll let us come to her and cure her. Even then, I don't even think it'll work."

Mr. Wonka lashed out, "Now stop talking like that! Even if we can't cure her, it'll cure the people she's inflicted, including Mike. You're not thinking of the bigger picture. Without this, the people she's hurt will stay that way."

Charlie told them, "May I speak with her alone?" He then led Veruca into a hallway and said, "Veruca, it shouldn't matter whether it works. What matters is that we try, and I understand your point. But if we don't try, there are people's lives in danger. Violet will continue to hurt people unless we stop her." He then hugged her. "We can do this. But we have to try."

Veruca smiled and said, "Remember when this was our mission at first? Our time to save the day? You just gave me the hope to keep going." They walked back into the Inventing Room and Veruca asked, "So what is the objective?"

Mr. Wonka asked Grandpa Joe, "Care to do the honors?"

Grandpa Joe nodded and explained, "I will go out to lure the girl into my path. She won't resist an easy target, so she should come out to attack me. Unfortunately for her, that's when Charlie and Veruca will ambush her to get her focused on them. They will lure her back here into the Inventing Room, where Mr. Teavee and Mr. Salt will hold onto her. They'll be wearing protective gloves; and since her poison spreads by contact, she can't infect them. They'll bring her to the cauldron so Wonka can get the blood sample for the antidote. Then all we have to do is get it down her throat."

Charlie said in response, "Well, I have every confidence that we can make this work. We can do this!"

They then heard the sound of clapping from the dark end of the room. They all turned in dread to see Violet, her mother, Augustus' mother, and Mike all together. "That was actually a great plan. If I didn't get here in time, I could safely say I would've fell for it."

Mr. Wonka said in frustration, "Oh, great."

That's the chapter! So Violet came into the room, but what happened in the battle? Where is Augustus? You'll find in the next chapter! Take care everyone!