Chapter Six:
"It's no use" Klaus said, plopping himself down on the bed, tears welling up in his eyes.
A single tear rolled down Violets cheek.
"We would have found her already. What else is there to do?"
"Well, lets go down to that room where we heard the conversation and have something to drink." Isadora said staring at the ground. She wasn't crying but she felt out of place not seeming sad.
"Ok." the others said so monotone it sounded like a dying cow.
They headed out of the room, following Isadora down to the room. The sign on the door said "Welcome to the Hangout Hall".
Isadora pushed the door open and walked in. She sat down on the couch at the far end of the room. Ducan sat next to her. Klaus and Violet went over to the table next to the door and poured themselves a cup of hot coco, offering some to Isadora and Ducan, which they accepted it. They drank in silence.
There was a breeze outside and the trees were banging softly against the window. If he weren't so worried about his sister, Klaus could have fallen asleep right there.
Violet was thinking, Where could she be. She's not the type to just run away. She wouldn't. And she could hide if she heard someone coming. She could have came to follow us. It's my fault she's gone, she should have come with us. Then we would always know where...........and she drifted off to sleep.
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Klaus woke up to the sound of people talking. He didn't want to open his eyes.
Where am I? He wondered. The surface beneath him was hard and he didn't remember falling asleep on a rock. Then he remembered. They were looking for Sunny. Violet, Ducan, Isadora, and himself had come down the Hangout Hall in search of comfort.
But even if I had fallen asleep in that chair, I wouldn't be laying down, nor would it be so hard.
He opened his eyes. He was in a dimly lit room. It reminded him distinctly of the cave behind the mirror. There were old paintings of animals on the walls and there was a desk in the corner. A small lamp on the desks surface was the only source of light.
"Your finally awake." a voice from behind him said.
He turned around. The three amigos were sitting behind him.
"Where are we?" Klaus asked looking the room up and down.
"I don't know to tell you the truth." Ducan said.
"Sorta reminds me of that shack we lived in at the Austere Academy." Isadora said standing up to go look at the lamp closely. She turned it on and off a few times to see if the light would get any brighter.
"Yeah, I remember that. My toes are still killing me from those stupid crab things." Klaus said holding the bottoms of his feet as if there was something that was going to attack them at any second.
Ducan laughed quietly to himself, but Klaus heard him.
"Don't laugh. They hurt." Klaus said in a high babyish voice.
But Ducan only giggled again.
"I know, I know, but still" he said.
They heard the door open and they turned around.
A man with dark eyes and jet black hair was standing in the doorway. He was wearing a suit. In his left hand he held a briefcase and in his right, a stack of papers.
He set them down on the table and turned to the door. He flipped a switch and the lights came on. No one had seen the switch before, which explained why it was so dark when Klaus woke up. They squinted through the light at the strange intruder, who was looking at them with an equal amount of curiosity.
"What are you doing in my office, and why was it so dark?." he asked the group.
They sat there in silence. Then..
"We..we just woke up here." Klaus said standing up slowly. He looked innocent and afraid of the man.
"As for the lights," Duncan continued more bravely, " We couldn't find the switch in the dark, but we did find the lamp." gesturing toward the table lamp which had strangely gone out when the lights turned on. Ducan did a double take to see if he was going crazy seeing it out.
"Its ok, it goes out when I turn this light on." the man said. "I still don't understand why you are here."
"We don't know." Violet and Isadora said in unison.
"Yeah, we don't know what happened. Last I remember, I was - I mean were - in the "Hangout Hall". We must have fallen asleep there. When we woke up, we were here." Ducan said carefully.
The others nodded in agreement.
"I don't know what you are up to being here, but I'll let it go this time. I really don't know what is becoming of this place." the man said looking around.
Klaus gasped.
Violet, Ducan, and Isadora looked at him. The man didn't seem to have noticed. They all shot questioning glances at him. He gave them an 'I'll tell you later, don't make it obvious I know something' look. They all acted as though nothing had occurred.
The man still didn't notice anything had happened.
'He must be oblivious to everything' Violet thought watching him.
The man took some folders out of his briefcases and began to sort the papers he had into them. He turned around to realize the four children had been watching him.
"What?!" he asked almost annoyed.
The children looked away.
"Go back to your rooms. Wait, you are staying somewhere in this building, right?"
"Yeah" they said and gathered their jackets and rushed out the door.
As they exited the room, the door shut behind them. They headed, not towards their rooms, but to the town. The sunlight was bright.
"So, what happened in there." Ducan said asking about when Klaus had gasped.
"Oh yea!" Klaus said, a look of disbelief crossed his face, just like it had in the room. " That man is Count Olaf!"
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I hate writing chapters that really aren't that great...but......I haven't updated in a while...please constructive criticism helps...I really approached any help at all...plz...it doesn't take that long and it helps me out a lot. Thanx to all who have reviewed in the past.....has anyone read the latest SoUFE book...I haven't yet..im mad..im going to the bookstore to get it this weekend...I hope its good....and then the movie comes out on Friday...can't wait to see that!!