I never thought I'd get so many reviews! You guys rock!
CertainlyOutrageous- Thanks! (For the review and the compliment)
undercoverelephant- I updated for you! Lemony will not be crushed. Did you really think I'd leave him like that?
Spectra16- I'll do my best to add more of the VFD in to the story for you. It's really hard because it's such a mysterious organization.
winnie the pooh (loves bu- Please don't crush me with a typewriter! I updated! Glad you like the story.
A/N: In case you didn't already notice, I'm using little snippets from the ASOUE books to write my stories. Lemony really does mention being in a typewriter factory in The Ersatz Elevator. So everything I'm writing could be true. Or it could be a big lie. It's all up to you.
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the ASOUE books, and I don't own the characters either. They all belong to Lemony Snicket and Daniel Handler and are protected by copyrights.
If you happen to be reading this story and you also happen to have arsonphobia, I suggest you stop reading immediately and click the BACK button at the top left of your screen. Arsonphobia, if you haven't already figured it out, is the fear of fire.
Many people I know have this fear, and most of them are part of a secret organization. These people at one time were not afraid of fire, because they fought against it. But one day a horrible arsonist decided the best way to destroy these volunteers' lives was to burn down their houses and hurt their families.
Unfortunately, he was right. Now all of the surviving volunteers are deathly afraid of the substance they once fought so bravely against. One of these surviving volunteers is now trapped at the hands of the evil arsonist that destroyed the organization. This volunteer's name is Lemony Snicket.
Lemony looked upon the blade of the shining knife in the beam of light. Olaf slowly brought the knife closer and closer to Lemony until the point touched the tip of Lemony's nose.
"We know that you know where the bowl is. We found a few little pieces of paper with you in the factory…"
Lemony gasped as he realized that the chapter he had been typing must have been brought into enemy hands when he was captured. They could find out countless secrets with just that one chapter! He had to get it back!
Olaf impatiently swished the knife back and forth like a pendulum. "We're waiting!" he taunted.
"It's…hidden in Carp Cove." Lemony said, pretending to be disappointed.
"And where is this cove?" Olaf asked, clearly very pleased with himself.
Lemony gave up the information. "The cove's in Lake Lachrymose."
"Aha! I knew you'd talk." Olaf snapped off the light and quietly moved behind Lemony. The arsonist was whispering to someone else in the room Lemony couldn't see. They were speaking so quietly Lemony couldn't hear a single word of their conversation.
"We'll be seeing you later!" Olaf yelled back at Lemony triumphantly. Lemony heard a clatter and a dim light flickered on. The clatter had been Olaf's associate dropping a disgusting lunch tray at Lemony's feet. A door slammed as Olaf left the room.
Lemony soon found out how hard it is to eat a pile of slop while tied to a chair. Olaf had provided a spoon that looked like it hadn't been washed in a couple of years, but of course Lemony couldn't use it. When he finally finished his "lunch", Lemony had the slop smeared all over his face and his shirt.
Exhausted from the effort of standing up to a nasty villain and from eating, Lemony fell into a deep sleep. But what he didn't know was that along with his exhaustion, a few small pills mixed in with his food helped him drift off.
As soon as Lemony was asleep, Olaf's associate snuck into his room and sniggered as he lit a match and threw it into a pile of hay in the corner.
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