Chapter Five
'What goes around comes around' is a common phrase that you have most likely heard from your parent or teacher if you were ever teasing someone. It simply means, if you're teasing someone about their name, don't be surprised that if another day another kid teases you about your name. Sunny was hoping that one day some other evil villain would try to steal money from Count Olaf, and chase after him everywhere he went. Sunny did not just randomly wish this though. There was a reason the youngest Baudelaire child had hoped this for the wicked Count. This was because after Klaus had left in Mr. Poe's car, Sunny had crawled as fast as she could, because she could crawl faster than she walked, to the flaming hotel in which her sister was stuck in. She had seen Count Olaf's henchmen—or should I say henchman and woman—Fiona and the hook handed man, or Fernald, loading gas tanks into a small black car.
"Why don't we just leave these here?" Fiona had asked.
"Because the boss said to bring the extras back because he needs them for some other thing he's planning."
If the youngest Baudelaire child hadn't been alone, she would have done something to stop them, but instead of being foolish, Sunny stayed hidden behind a tree until the car was out of sight. If Violet had indeed perished in the fire, Sunny vowed that she would find Fiona and bite her hands off so the traitor would be just like her long lost—and now found—brother.
Sunny crawled over to the courtyard of the hotel in the back and saw something that made her jaw drop.
"Viylit!" she screamed, which meant; "Violet, you're alive!" And she was indeed correct. The eldest Baudelaire had made it out of the fire unharmed, although that wouldn't be the best way to describe it because she had many cuts and scratches on her body and her lip was bleeding.
"S…unn…y…" she managed to say. Sunny crawled over to Violet and gave her a big hug.
"Gristin." she said, which meant; "I'm so happy you're safe."
"Me… too…" said Violet.
"Waroot?" said Sunny, which meant; "Why don't you clean yourself up in that fountain? Then we can find Klaus."
"Ok…" said Violet. She slowly got to her feet and steadily reached the small fountain. Sunny sat patiently on the ground, watching the fireman poor water on the destroyed building while Violet was cleaning herself up. Sunny then looked up in the sky and saw something that terrified her. It was a cloud in the shape of an eye, just like Olaf's tattoo.
Some people say crying is babyish, and when someone cries they call them a baby. I for one do not agree with that. I cried when my dear Beatrice went to a better place on this earth and left me here to grieve her passing. The Baudelaire children cried when their parents perished in a terrible fire that ruined their home and lives. Sunny cried when she saw the mark of the evil villain that was messing up her life in a cloud in the sky. The sky was something that Sunny found beautiful, and even though Count Olaf's mark was only in one part of it, it made the whole sky look disgusting.
"Oh Sunny!" said Violet, rushing to comfort her sister. "What is it?"
"Stipto!" she said, which meant; "Look up!"
Violet looked up, and saw the reason her baby sister was crying.
"Don't worry. I won't let him touch you." said Violet.
"Bifo?" asked Sunny, which probably meant; "You promise?"
"Promise." said Violet. "Now, what are we going to do?"
"Arog?" asked Sunny, which meant; "Shouldn't we find Klaus?"
"Yes… but where would we start? We have no idea where Mr. Poe took him."
"Frit, frit…."said Sunny, which meant; "True, true…"
"Hmm…" said Violet.
"Aliegfosdung." said Sunny, which meant; "First we should get somewhere safe so Count Olaf can't find us there, and then we'll think of a plan."
"Good idea." said Violet. "But where to?"
"Hotisra?" said Sunny which meant; "How bout in the basement of the hotel?"
"No, the search and rescue teams are searching for any people alive, and if—"
"Kit!" said Sunny, which meant; "Kit!"
"Brilliant!" said Violet. "But what if she's…"
"Nitis." said Sunny, which meant; "I don't think so, she was downstairs and near the exit."
"Good point. Let's go look."
"Si." agreed Sunny.
The Baudelaire sisters carefully walked around the ashes of what used to be a quite large hotel. In the front, they saw many ambulances and paramedics taking the people who survived, and those who died, to the nearest hospital. A reporter was explaining to the public about this horrific accident, or should I say, planned accident.
"Sunny, we have to get seen by the camera! Maybe wherever Klaus is he'll see us on television and stop worrying!"
"Si! Si!" said Sunny, which meant; "Yes! Yes!"
"An unexpected fire sneaks up on local vacationers here at Hotel Denouement." said the reporter. "Six people have gotten terrible third degree burns, and 8 were found dead. This tragedy…" Violet and Sunny didn't listen to the rest they stood behind the reporter and waved their hands and arms frantically. By doing this, they thought Klaus would see them. It never occurred to the Baudelaire sisters that appearing on live television would send them to their doom, because the Stevens obviously weren't the only people on earth with a television. You and I have a television as well, and if you had turned on your TV when the fire at Hotel Denouement was happening, you may have also seen the Baudelaire sisters trying to alert their brother. But we weren't the only ones. In fact, the very man that the Baudelaire's were trying to avoid was watching them waving their arms, and was disgusted to see that they had survived. And I'm sorry to say that this man was indeed the wretched Count Olaf.