Chapter Six

Calvin, Hobbes, and, well, the orphans arrived back to see that not much had changed for they were not in the present of The Ersatz Elevator that long. Out of the water popped Coco, Mac and Bloo, who were glad to see the Baudelaire's.

"Oh, good," Mac gasped exasperated from being underwater, "There's not much we can do, but Klaus, have you read anything about draining water?"

"As a matter of fact, yes," Klaus replied, glad to use his reading skills, "There should be a sort of small sewer on the floor."

"Oh, yes, there's one in front of the door in which Wilt and Eduardo are in," Mac said, "but I'm not willing to put the Baudelaire's and the Quagmires underwater without diving suits, Violet, do you think you could invent some?"

"I'll try," Violet answered, who started looking around at her surroundings as she tied her hair up in her ribbon.

"And Sunny," Mac asked, "We need you to bite off the thing that keeps the water from draining on the sewer.

"Aeae, aheh!" Sunny said, which probably meant, "My teeth are at your service, sir!" and Violet was quick to translate as she held up what looked like two pipes attached together with a rubber band, and she held up three work goggles, often used in carving wood. Violet had finished her invention in six seconds flat.

"I know that sharing germs is not a good thing to do," Violet said, "but it'll have to do know, and besides, were in a desperate situation. Here, put these on," and she handed the goggles to Klaus and Sunny, and they put them on. Then they put on end of the attached pipes to their mouths (Sunny got the two holes attached to a rubber band), and they were about to dive when they heard a boy's voice behind them say, "But what will we do?"

The Baudelaire's turned around to see that Duncan had spoken. Violet instructed, "Can you tell us some tips on diving with an invention as simple as mine?"

Duncan and Isadora started flipping through their notebooks. Duncan was the first to speak, "I have, 'Don't stay down to long, the sharing of other people's germs could hurt you inside your body.' I plan that to have that as my 79th newspaper article.

"I don't have much," Isadora said, "But I just made up a poem:

If your mouths aren't tight around the pipe,

You'll go into a desperate hype.

"So have your mouths clasped tight around the pipe at all times, or else water will get into them."

"Thank you," Violet said, and with that, and the power of the underwater bubble gum still in them, Calvin and Hobbes joined the Baudelaire's underwater.

"Wait a minute," Bloo said, "Why couldn't Coco pop them there?" and Mac and Bloo smacked their heads.

Meanwhile, millions of lifeguards were on the surface of the beach searching for Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin's mom and dad were there, (only the mom cared) and Susie was even a bit worried to, for she had the slightest, smallest, tiniest crush on him. Miss Wormwood was worried to, for she wanted to always know that all her students were safe. Calvin's dad was the only one who didn't care.

"OOH," he said, "IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON THAT KID, I'LL STUFF HIS TIGER DOWN HIS DARN THROAT!" he said.

"Dear!" Calvin's mom said, "I can't believe your talking about him like that!"

"WELL," Calvin's dad continued, "IT WAS YOUR FAULT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SWEET GIRL LIKE THAT DERKINS KID!"

"OH, WELL, LOOK WHO'S TALKING!" Calvin's mom got mad at this point, and then the argument began.

The lifeguards were diving around for the two divers, when one of them spotted a miniature town. Just then, she was zapped down, and you can guess what happens next.