Steph and Emma had sat with Olaf and listened to him and the 2 men talking. After a while Jacques got up and left. Then the man who Olaf seemed to be scared of whispered something to him involving what would happen if someone came. Emma and Steph hadn't understood what this meant, but they now knew. They had been discussing what to do if Jacques found out what Olaf had done. They now knew fires weren't aloud in the organisation of VFD. But Olaf had them. They were in his automobile again. They had driven through the city past a large set of apartments and into the hinterlands. The hinterlands were meant to be very dangerous and unsafe, but there was nothing there. Emma looked out of the window and saw land that stretched for miles. But she didn't see anything as interesting as what Emma saw. She gazed out of her window at the Mortmain Mountains; they were badly misshapen like something out of a child's fairy tale.
Count Olaf got out of the car at the bottom of the mountains and sat down on the desert land. Emma and Steph got out and they both asked Olaf "Why are we sat here?" Olaf as usual smiled and told them "We are waiting for Jacques Snicket" he explained "He will come here and try to inhabit the Valley of Four draughts" He pointed into a far corner of the mountains. Emma nodded and sat down "How long will we wait?" As Long as it takes Olaf told the children and he lay down and started to sleep.
I promised you in the first chapter that I would only use the phrase "Meanwhile back at the ranch" once, but it is with great sorrow and tragedy that I tell you I am using it again. Meanwhile back at the ranch, in this case which means the Hotel, Jacques got into a large automobile, with Lemony and Beatrice in the back. He drove through the city past a large set of apartments and turned left towards a large carnival. When they did arrive at the empty carnival Jacques got out and told the children "This will be our new home!" and he pointed at the carnival as though it was a fun place to be in. Beatrice forced a smile and ventured into the carnival.
For the third and final time I will use the dauntless phrase "Meanwhile back at the ranch" in this story. Meanwhile back at the ranch Olaf waked up and looked around him. All the bad VFD members had gone. He looked at his watch in horror. "They aren't coming, are they?" he used a rhetorical question on the siblings. They nodded and got back in the car. Emma looked at the mountains for what she thought would be the last time. "Were do we go now?" Emma asked Olaf, "My home" he told them.
20 Years Later
"Enter, Baudelaires" called a voice that they did not recognise. The 3 children climbed down the ladder into the submarine. And saw the two powder faced women stood in the submarine. "Hello, Baudelaires" called the powder faced women who had just left Count Olaf. Violet forced a smile and sat down with Sunny. The children looked out of the periscope and asked them what they were doing. "Rescuing you" The ladies pointed out, we saw you and what Olaf did. But we haven't been able to find your friend. Violet understood. "Where are we going?" Klaus asked the 2 women. "The last safe place" she said as though Klaus must be extremely dumb not to know. Klaus smiled and sat down.
"The journey will take 2 more hours to get to the shore." The first lady who they knew as Flo pointed out. "Then it will be a day's walk to the Hotel" The second lady who they knew as Tocuna told them. Violet stood up and looked around the submarine "You said your parents died in a fire" Violet paused slightly "Was it Olaf?" Steph smiled "My name is Steph, we do not know who set a fire in our house, but Olaf was there" Klaus asked a question next "You said you lost a sibling in a fire, did she die?" Emma answered this one "I'm Emma and we thought we had lost our sister Beatrice in a fire, but we saw her in the hotel 20 years ago. We never saw her since, her whereabouts are unknown." Klaus heard the name Beatrice and a smile appeared on his face. Violet and Sunny knew he had worked something out but they didn't know what "Is something funny Mr. Baudelaire?" Steph turned to face him. "No, something is amazing" he told them, "Esme' who you have been working for told us that she would steal from us, as Beatrice stole from her." Klaus paused. "The Sugar Bowl?" Klaus told them, Emma and Steph looked at each other in delight.
BANG!
Every one jolted forwards. Emma fell to the ground and begun bleeding. Steph got up and looked through the periscope. "Oh God!" She exclaimed. Violet got up and ran to the periscope and saw a distinct body bleeding. The body of Quigley Quagmire.