"Are you serious? You've seen them?" Buzzy asked the Baudelaires in disbelief.
"Oh yes, they've seen us." Dewey called out as he appeared from behind the concierge desk, followed by the other four ghosts.
Anna and Buzzy could not believe what they were looking at right now: the five ghosts that inhabited the Hollywood Tower Hotel for the past 60 years. Buzzy was staring off at them while Anna mouthed "Oh my god." to herself, not believing what she was looking at. Noticing the weird looks they were getting, Sally giggled and said "Don't worry, we're nice. We won't hurt you. Right, Violet?"
"Oh yeah, they're very nice ghosts." Violet said, trying to reassure Anna and Buzzy that the ghosts wouldn't harm them.
Slowly but nervously, Buzzy stood up from where he had been sitting and said to them "You're the ones who disappeared from the elevator?"
"Yes, old man. And here we are in spirit." Gilbert said, sound a little uptight.
"What, you know about what happened here too?" Klaus asked Buzzy, astounded that he and Anna also knew about the mysteries surrounding the hotel.
"Well, yeah. The story about the Hollywood Tower Hotel is one of the most popular stories here in this town." Anna said.
"And we know why the accident happened." Buzzy added.
"Um, we do too." Violet said.
"Oh, so you know that Miss Partridge cast an evil spell on Sally because she hated her, but everything backfired and the spell zapped everyone, causing them to disappear?" Anna rambled on.
That took the Baudelaires and the ghosts by complete surprise, because they all knew Miss Partridge was a loving nanny to Sally and wouldn't even hurt a fly.
"Dooma!" shrieked Sunny, which probably meant "No no, that's not true. Miss Partridge is a nice lady, I really like her."
Sally squeezed Miss Partridge even harder as she said "Oh lass, I love this child like she was my own. I would never hurt her."
"Emmaline loves the girl, everyone knows that." Carolyn said, putting her hand on Miss Partridge's shoulder and smiling at her.
It didn't take Anna and Buzzy long to realize that the story they had heard about why the accident occurred was wrong. The closeness between Sally and Miss Partridge that they saw was what did it for them. "Oh my, well then if it wasn't Miss Partridge who caused the accident, who did?" Anna asked.
"Doesn't really matter, all that matters is we get to the party tomorrow night by 8:05." Gilbert said. Knowing that tomorrow was Halloween, everyone knew they better figure out something to get the ghosts upstairs and break the curse.
"I know we need to somehow fix the main elevator so they can get upstairs." Violet said, pointing towards the main elevator in the lobby.
"But how can we do that?" Klaus asked, knowing how great a challenge it would be to fix an elevator that hadn't had power to it for 60 years.
After a period of silence as everyone tried to think of a way, Buzzy finally piped up with "I know, Q can fix it!"
"Dasa?" asked Sunny, which probably meant "You mean the caretaker can fix this old thing?"
Buzzy just had a huge grin on his face as he continued speaking. "Yeah, Q's Dewey's grandson. He's a mechanic, and he's the caretaker. He's perfect for the job!" he said excitedly.
"You really think he can do this?" Anna asked her uncle, to which he responded. "Oh I know he can."
Violet immediately pulled her ribbon from her dress and tied her hair back, she had just thought of the plan everyone could pull off to get the elevator fixed in time. "Hey everyone, I think I know how we can pull this off." she said, gesturing to Anna, Buzzy, and the ghosts to gather near the sofa she and her siblings were sitting on. As soon as everyone came together, she began to lay out what everyone should do.
"Ok, here's what I think. Anna and Buzzy, you bring Q here at around 6:45 p.m. tomorrow with the tools and blueprints he needs. I will hang out with you three in the basement and assist you as needed." she said to them, and they nodded in agreement with her. Then she pointed to her brother and sister and said "Klaus and Sunny, you two stay up here in the lobby and watch the elevator with the ghosts. Also be on the lookout for anything suspicious."
Klaus grinned at her and said "Will do, Violet. Will do." With that, Anna and Buzzy left the hotel to get ready for tomorrow night while the ghosts and the Baudelaires began making their own preparations, hoping that Q would be able to fix the elevator and that everything would be allright.
