Excerpt from the memory of Quigley Quagmire
Dr. Hardgroves hasn't been home for two days, and Dr. Scallion is acting like he runs the place. He orders the maids to do his laundry, and wash his feet and massage his bunions which is a job I'm glad he's not making us do, although he is making us do some chores. He makes us cook, clean and bring him his slippers. When we're not doing things he makes us do, we explore and try and stay out of his way, but when we do run into him we have to do what ever he asks us to.
Ever since Violet kissed me we've been hanging around each other more and more. We don't do much besides talk, but at least I'm with her.
The second day Dr. Hardgroves was gone, the mail came at dinnertime and there was only one letter. Dr. Scallion took the letter out of the maid's hand and shooed her away. Then he read it aloud:
"Dear Baudilaires, and friend,
I am sorry I haven't been there the past few days but I have other business that is much more important than you. Anyway I am leaving the country and you need some one to look after you, and with such an enormous task I can think of only one person right for the job, Dr. Boris Scallion. I am giving you to him because he has always told me that he wanted children of his own but was too busy to settle down. Anyway have fun with your new guardian…
"And he goes on to say that he will miss you blah, blah, blah. Now lets finish our meal and go for a ride, what do you say to that?" He looked at us sitting at the table with food still on our plates, and before we could answer that we didn't like that idea at all he said, "well great, now eat your dinner." We didn't eat… we couldn't eat… we just sat there and stared at each other in awe. 'What do we do now?' I asked myself, not knowing what else we could do.
When Dr Scallion finished his dinner he lead us to his long black car. He shoved Violet, Sunny and I into the back then he shoved Klaus into the passenger seat. After sitting down in the driver's seat, he took something out of his pocket that made Violet scream. Holding the knife he had just pulled from his pocket against Klaus' neck he started the car. "Don't hurt him, please." Violet pleaded, as tears rolled down her soft cheeks, "I won't have to if you cooperate. Now, what is your name?" He asked looking at me, "Q-Quigley Quagmire" I answered him not wanting any harm to come to Klaus. "Oh, right. No wonder you look so familiar. You're those two brats' brother that they were always talking about. I don't need you, I have your bother, and your sister," he trailed off. Then after thinking for a few seconds he asked me "Which one of you is older?" I looked at Klaus who was sweating "Um, I am, by five seconds." He thought for a while before he put the car in gear and drove off to his house.
When we reached his house, he brought us inside and gave Klaus to the hook-handed man. "Take him to the tower." He whispered loudly. I wasn't sure what he meant by this but Violet did, she looked at Klaus, "It'll be okay." She mouthed at him. He nodded, and went up the stairs with the hook-handed man. "Now, you three will follow me." He added, as he gestured towards a different staircase. We followed him into a small dark room with only one bed and a pile of rocks in the corner. "Well, have fun." He said as he locked the door. "What do we do now?" I asked Violet, as she sat on the bed. "I don't know, play with the rocks?" She shrugged, and giggled. "What?" I asked looking at her with a tilted head, "Nothing." She looked at the floor where Sunny stood staring at her, "What?" She asked Sunny who was looking at her weirdly. Sunny shook her head and mumbled something that sounded a lot like "teens" before sitting on the bed next to Violet.
We sat on the bed and talked for what seemed like hours before Count Olaf came into the room and told us to go out and get some food so that we could make dinner. "And remember, I have Klaus so don't think you can just, run away." He added as he shoved us out the door. "What did he say he wanted?" I asked when we got to the market. "Well last time we made pasta and he got angry and said he wanted Roast Beef. So I think we should get Roast Beef, just to be safe." So we grabbed the meat and all the other things needed to make Roast Beef Dinner.
When they got back, Count Olaf shoved us into the kitchen, and we began to work. About half an hour later we finished and set the dinner table. Count Olaf and his acting troupe ate and drank, until about half of them passed out before they finished. Violet had put sunny to sleep already, so Violet and I cleaned up by our selves. Count Olaf was one of the many who passed out. So we took advantage of the drunken troupe and started to make our way up to the tower. When we reached the top of the stairs we saw a door with an eye carved into it just like all the other doors in the house. I tried to turn the knob but it was no use. "It's locked, I'm sorry Violet." I looked back at her. "It's okay, we tried right." She grinned before she yelled into the room. "Klaus, if you can hear me, everything will be fine. We'll get you out of there… somehow." She trailed of al the end. When there was no response we turned and went down the stairs before anyone noticed that we were up in the tower.
When we got back to the room, Violet plopped on the bed and it made a loud crack before it fell to the ground. Sunny stirred in her curtains before settling back down. "Well that wasn't to smart." Violet whispered standing up from the broken bed. The bed was worse (but only a little bit) than it was when we first came. Some of the springs were sticking out and it was now on the floor, obviously. "Will tha s'not gud." Count Olaf slurred. He stood in the doorway looking at the bed. "Oh vell, Wiolet cum wit e." He added grabbing her arm tightly. "W-why?" she asked, trying to resist him pulling her to the door. "Yur cumin wit e to me rum, tat's wy." He slurred, partially tripping over his own feet. I knew immediately what he was talking about "Get your hands of her." I yelled as I tried to pry his fingers from her arm. He slapped me with his free hand and I fell to the ground. My nose was bleeding, but I quickly went to count Olaf and punched him square in the jaw. He let go of Violet and fell to the ground. I grabbed his keys and told Violet to grab Sunny. When we reached the tower I fiddled with the keys until I found the right one. I opened the door to find Klaus chained to the wall. I began to unlock the chains while Violet tried to revive him. When I finished unlocking all the locks Klaus fell to the floor. "Crap!" I said looking at Violet, we shrugged simultaneously. I picked up the lifeless form of Klaus and brought him downstairs and out the front door. We could hear Count Olaf screaming behind us as we ran down the street as fast as we could, not sure where to go. We ran as far as we could before we ran out of energy, but we kept walking. We had reached the banking district before we stopped. "What do we do now?" Violet asked, still carrying Sunny.
I shook my head and not knowing where to go or anything else that might be useful in a time like this I answered her. "I don't know." I sighed and looked around at our surroundings. 'I seem to be using that phrase a lot lately.' I thought to myself, still looking around. We stood there before Violet broke the silence with another question. "Why did you attack Count Olaf? W-what was he going to do?" she panted, (Ok two questions). "You don't know what he was going to do to you?" I asked her back. She shook her head. I looked at Sunny who was now asleep in Violet's arms. "He was going to st…" I trailed off. It brought a tear to my eye to even think about something like that happening to her. "He was going to what?" She asked looking at me inquisitively with a little worry in her voice. "He was going to… stuff you." My voice cracked when I said the last two words. There was a knot in my throat and it wasn't going away. "He was going to stuff me?" she said looking around and her breathing rate increased. "W-why?" she looked back at me. "Because he's sick, and he was drunk." She broke down and began to cry. I put the semi-conscious Klaus on the sidewalk and then hugged her tightly. She winced, "Ow!" She said through her tears. Her arms were covered in bruises.
A/N: Yay, 1,633 words (not including A/N) longest yet! Yay! So yeah, this chappie took me awhile to think of but that's what you guys are for. Ideas! So if you have any ideas that you would like to contribute, tell me. So, it's been a long day not too long though, I could have used more time. Oh well. You like what I did with Count Olaf? F.Y.I. Stuff- British term for rape, it's a little less offensive. "Teens" probably meant something along the lines of "Stupid teens and their hormonal issues" so yeah that's my version of Sunny's speech so… deal with it :P Read On!
