Wow! I sure got a lot of reviews in a short amount of time! You guys are great! By the way, my birthday is coming up… and I want REVIEWS! What a surprise!

Evil Grinlord- Thanks. I like using my own style and Lemony's but it gets so hard sometimes. I feel sympathy for those who don't have a copy of Book the First because they had to wait all the way until today to find out!

Laura V. Bleediotie- Dun dun dun! SUSPENSE! Thanks for reviewing.

RockSunner- Thanks! I really like the meatballs too, even though I think they don't taste very good. I'm not sure if they have cameras, but Lemony should be careful…

Alania- Oh, the Littlest Elf is wonderful literature! Why don't you read that instead of reading a woeful story like this?

PearlGirl- You can use Ignacia Davis, I give you permission. But wait until I finish my story, okay? Will you let me use the insult Lemonhead? Pretty please? That would be cool, having Ignacia be Beatrice's friend. I can't wait till this weekend! Yippee! I saw it twice too. The first time I kept muttering under my breath, things like "Stupid spyglasses…don't exist…scary Olaf…" About the "Ja ja"; in espanol we're talking about the sounds animals make, and in Spanish roosters go "Qui ri qui qui!"

SECOND TO LAST CHAPTER! WHOO HOO!

Disclaimer: I don't own The Bad Beginning or any characters. They belong to Lemony Snicket and Daniel Handler.

Lemony gulped air as he flattened himself against the wall. He couldn't believe it. The woman he had thought to be Ignacia was truly the woman with very short hair from Count Olaf's theatre troupe! How could he have possibly missed it? He had even written about her in his Book the First!

Slowly Lemony realized all the ways Ignacia had been manipulating him over the past few weeks. She had kept on asking about his new book, and Lemony had provided her with answers. If she was truly working for Olaf, she now knew important V.F.D. secrets!

When they had visited that clothing store… maybe that worker, Bob had been working for Olaf, and Ignacia have been giving him information. That would explain why they had spoken for so long.

Lemony remembered when Ignacia had cried about her family dying in a fire. Could she have truly been upset? Or had she tricked Lemony into believing the mirror was of no significance being in Olaf's warehouse? He couldn't trust her any longer, so he didn't want to ask.

But could he just be jumping to conclusions about Ignacia working for Olaf? Perhaps she had left that evil and joined the other side of V.F.D.? Maybe I should ask her…

Lemony carefully peeked back inside the room, but it was empty. It was impossible for Ignacia to have snuck past him, so where could she be? Lemony tiptoed inside and started searching. He opened the doors of the wardrobes and sifted through the costumes. Finding nothing, he started looking near the lighted mirror.

Suddenly Lemony heard a loud slam! behind him. He whipped around, but it was too late. Villainous laughter echoed on the other side of the door, and Lemony heard Ignacia yell back to him, "You actually fell for it Snicket! I'm not the greatest actress, but with help from my instructor, I was able to trick you!" She laughed evilly as Lemony stood still in surprise.

"Now the theatre will be destroyed with you inside!" Lemony heard a very familiar voice sneer.

"Let me out Olaf!" Lemony yelled, enraged.

"No, I think we'll be going now." Olaf said, and Lemony could picture his eyes shining and the horrible smile on his face.

"Do we really have to kill him?" Ignacia asked quietly.

Olaf started laughing like a maniac. "That's what villainy is all about!"

Lemony heard a small scratching noise and soon realized what it was. The lighting of a match.

Lemony, fueled by adrenaline, picked up a heavy chair and flung it at the wooden door. A loud curse from Olaf and the splintering of wood told Lemony the chair had done its job. Lemony burst into the hallway, breathing in gasps. It was empty. Where had Olaf and Ignacia gone?

A small pile of hay and sticks on the ground was burning steadily. Lemony tried to put it out with his shoe, but the flames were too hot. He was about to take off his jacket when a cold hand grabbed him from behind and stuffed a large burlap bag over his head.

"Nice to see you again L," Lemony heard Olaf whisper in his ear. Lemony struggled violently, but Olaf had a good grip on him. He cringed as his wrists were tied together with rope, and he was led down the hallway. A blast of cool night air hit Lemony's face as a door was opened, and he was pushed outside.

An unexpected shove from behind made Lemony topple over unto a hard metal surface. Someone tied Lemony's ankles together, and he heard a small voice whisper in his ear, "I'm sorry." Could Ignacia be having a change of heart?

He heard an engine start, and the voices of the actors and actresses celebrating. One voice said, "Darling do you think my dress is fit for committing murder?" Lemony realized Esmé, Olaf's treacherous girlfriend, must be in the vehicle as well.

"Yes, it's wonderful." Olaf said. "I can't wait to get rid of that interfering snoop, Lemony Snicket! I can finally take over V.F.D. without his interference!"

With that, the three nasty people let out a loud chortle, a word which when used here means, "repulsive laugh". Lemony wriggled around on the cold metallic ground, trying to free himself. He was finally able to get to his knees, and a gust to wind blew the burlap sack off of his head.

Lemony was able to see the theatre shrinking into the distance. It had burst into flames, and as Lemony watched its destruction, he could see people screaming and running away from the burning building. Perhaps the theatre could be saved! But, as always, the Official Fire Department was not at the scene on time, and there was no one to stop the fire from gaining energy.

As the black pickup truck Lemony was inside turned the corner, Lemony could hear Olaf laughing in the front seat because of the broken back window. He knew that this awful villain would stop at nothing to discover the location of the sugar bowl, and once he had extracted that information from Lemony, Olaf wouldn't even hesitate to kill him.

A/N: Ahhhhhh! I'm even in suspense myself! What will happen to Lemony? Is Ignacia on his side? Where are they headed? The Climatic Conclusion! Coming soon! (If you review)