I guess by writing a chapter fourteen, I've lost any chance I had left of being Lemony. I am only comforted in the fact that I probably had no chance anyway.
Smilies – if you'd just said all that in your other review, I wouldn't have ranted and raved at you and I wouldn't need to apologise now! I take back all I said, I don't mean it anymore.
Hermione Baudelaire – That's interesting. Gay people aren't allowed to marry over here, so wow.
J, sdfgs and gada, I'm going to assume you're one person (who types random letters like I do sometimes) – Villains aren't gay and vice versa. It's all a - no it's not even a myth - it's all crap. And thanks…
PrincessEilonwy – His fingers won't be the worst of things…And Ben's foot…hm…
BlackCherry667 – Thanks and it's ok.
Kate's Cousin – (swallow) Got it.
Mara – Thanks but I really don't like flaming people. You end up with loads of rubbish in your inbox and it's just not worth it.
I felt really foolish writing all that (and it doesn't help my friend here keeps calling me a fool) so please don't get used to it.
By the way, Ben is Violet's friend. He was introduced in the sixth book as the person who gave her a book about elevators. Sam is just a random.
C H A P T E R fourteen
Klaus flew over the hedges, landing on his behind. He was instantaneously on his feet again, running as fast as his normally comfortably crossed legs would carry him. He didn't dare look behind him, but he knew Olaf was fast approaching.
He quickly looked around and observed his surroundings, searching for an exit, a direction to turn, a place to run to, but found none. He was alone in this world, with a bad tempered ugly man chasing him.
Klaus ran, oh how he ran, knowing the moment he stopped, he'd be back on that door again. Or worse. Who knew what Olaf would think of next? Perhaps a reverse lithotripsy? Klaus shuddered. A lithotripsy was bad enough in itself.
Klaus concentrated on other things as he ran. Where were his siblings now? He hadn't seen them for two days, but it'd seemed like ages.
Suddenly Klaus stumbled. He clutched at his side, which was in pain. Refusing to let it stop him, Klaus limped sloppily. His limping, however, only lead to the twisting of his ankle, and before he knew it, he collapsed onto the ground, clutching his failing heart.
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What shall I do now, thought Sunny. She'd finished her thirty-second game of chew up the rock before someone walks by. Sick of it, Sunny sat glumly, her thoughts winding back to her siblings.
She was very annoyed that the dogs had all left her, but even more annoyed that passers by kept frowning at her. She was a baby (for crying out loud), a small helpless infant who could barely talk in an understandable manner.
Fed up with nothing happening, Sunny decided to go make things happen for herself. Unhurriedly, she crawled to the conjunction of her dead end road and watched the scene. There were many people walking around, searching for objects on the ground. Sunny wondered for a second, but her wonderings were interrupted by a whip fast figure speeding past.
Upon further inspection, she realised it was her little seen brother, Klaus. "Verpowq!" she yelled, hoping to catch his attention. But he was too fast. Soon he had disappeared around a corner.
Undaunted, Sunny began her laborious journey to catch up to him. Slowly, she pushed herself onto her feet and unsteadily took her first step. She was almost knocked over by imbalance. Nonetheless, she soon learnt the ropes and was skipping off after Klaus.
She was so focused on drawing level with Klaus that she didn't see the tall figure get progressively closer. A dreaded, somewhat breathless voice rang in the air. "Look what the cat dragged in," it snickered, and Sunny felt those cold hands pick her up again…
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The clock was ticking really fast, but time seemed to creep by. Ben ran his fingers trhough his hair. It was sweaty. He wiped his hands on his pants and started pacing again, stepping in the spilt liquid. This only irritated the cut on his foot more so he sat down again, watching Violet who lay motionless.
"Hurry up already!" he yelled angrily.
At that moment there was a knock on the door. Ben flung himself at it and yanked it open. A bunch of men and women in hospital uniform charged in, knocking Ben to one side.
"What happened?" asked a man.
"She was drinking her water and suddenly she collapsed," replied Ben wearily.
The man dipped his finger into water and tasted it. "That's not water," he said, "It's pure alcohol."
TBC…