The next day

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny were nervous the next day, for it was Halloween and the 60th anniversary of the mysterious elevator accident. They had no idea what to expect that night, but they could only hope and pray along with the 5 ghosts that the elevator could be fixed in time for the party.

"You know, I haven't felt this nervous since I was almost forced to marry Olaf." Violet said.

"Violet dear, we've been waiting for this moment for 60 years. I think we know nervous better than you." Carolyn said while holding Gilbert's hand.

"Well, I'm just feeling anxious about whether or not Q can actually fix this old elevator. There's been almost no power here for 60 years." Klaus said.

"And I like I always say: There's always something." Violet said.

Just then, they heard Anna arrive at the front door with Q. They were surprised to see them there, since it was only around 1:30 p.m. and Q didn't have to be there until much later that evening. But they figured since he was there already, they might as well talk to him and Anna and figure out if they had anything important to tell them. The ghosts, meanwhile, vanished away as they didn't want to reveal themselves to Q until it was absolutely necessary.

Klaus handed Sunny over to Violet as he got up and opened up the front doors of the hotel. He saw Anna standing there talking to a heavyset man who was obviously Q. Q seemed a little bit frightened to go into the hotel and Anna was trying to talk him into going inside. Klaus interrupted their conversation with "Hey, you two are a little early."

"Oh hi, Klaus. Q here needs to inspect the elevator's power grid so he can tell the power company where the main power supply needs to go to, so I thought I'd bring him over early." Anna said, glancing over at Q. "If that's okay." she added.

"Oh sure, if it'll help to fix the elevator." Klaus said and opened the door further to let them inside. Anna bounded right in, then turned around to notice Q was still standing there, refusing to go inside. Anna folded her arms and gave Q a "You better come inside now." look. That got Q moving inside to the main lobby and as Klaus closed the doors behind everyone, Q realized that there was no turning back now.

"Are…you…sure I'm supposed to be here?" he asked nervously.

"Yes, you're the caretaker and the only one who can help fix the elevator." Anna said sternly.

"I don't know about this, Anna. You know how difficult this is gonna be." he told her. That's when he noticed Violet and Sunny sitting on the sofa.

"Are you the children that Anna and Buzzy told me about?" he asked.

"Yes sir, we're the Baudelaires." Violet said. She then introduced herself and her siblings to Q. That put him at a little ease because he knew he and Anna would not be alone in their work here tonight. But he was still nervous because of the ghosts that he had heard about. He didn't know if they were good or evil, or if they even wanted all of them to be in the hotel.

"Um, can I ask you kids something?" he asked.

"Sure Q, go ahead." Violet said, cradling Sunny in her arms.

"Did you actually see the ghosts that live here?" Q asked nervously.

"Oh yes, chap. They have seen us in spirit already." Gilbert called out as he materialized right next to Violet. Q immediately jumped and grabbed Anna's arm, completely taken aback at seeing an actual ghost for the first time in his life. His mouth hung open and his eyes grew wide as he stared at Gilbert.

"You're…Gilbert London." he said.

"Who were you expecting, Charlie Chaplin?" Gilbert sneered. At that, Carolyn materialized next to Gilbert and gave him a hard stare that told him he better behave.

Gilbert rolled his eyes as he took Carolyn's hand to assure her he would behave, while Q was even more shocked at seeing another ghost.

"Oh my, there's more coming!" he exclaimed.

"I'm coming to see you, too." Dewey said as he materialized right next to Q. Q turned and looked at Dewey in awe, not believing he was staring at someone so close to him that he never got to meet.

"Grandpa Dewey, is that you?" he asked.

Everyone immediately turned around and stared at Q. Every one of them, except for Anna, had no idea he was Dewey's grandson or the reason why he was the caretaker of this old hotel. To the Baudelaires, this meant that the story behind the Hollywood Tower Hotel was getting weirder and weirder by the minute. They obviously had no idea that one minute they had found this hotel as a possible hiding spot and the next minute they were deeply involved in this mysterious past of the hotel. Still, they knew asking questions about it would point them in the right direction.

"Dewey's your grandpa? Is this like a family business or something?" Violet asked.

Q laughed and said "Well sort of. My great grandude built this hotel, but after the accident he closed it up and left strict instructions in his will that the place not be reopened until someone figures out what happened to Grandpa Dewey and the rest of the people who were on the elevator."

"And Q inherits this hotel once the mystery is solved." Anna added.

"Hamo." squealed Sunny, which meant something like "Wow, this would be a neat family business if you ask me."

"So Grandson, are you gonna help us get up to the party and break the curse?" Dewey asked with a sad look on his face.

Q looked at the ghosts, at the Baudelaires, then at Anna. He knew right then and there that he would have to overcome his fears of the hotel if he was gonna solve the mystery and inherit this place. He slowly nodded yes as he said "Yeah, I'll help. First I gotta go downstairs and inspect the elevator's power grid."

As Q and Anna made their way downstairs into the basement, everyone grinned. So far, everything was working the way they planned and they hoped that the elevator would be fixed in time for the party tonight.

"I hope Q can fix it." Klaus said.

"Oh I know he can." Dewey said, now with a happy look on his face.

( A/N: For those of you wondering, yes this story does follow the plotline of the Disney movie "Tower of Terror". I would like to reiterate that Disney owns that movie, in addition to its plotline, characters, and locations. I do not, and I also do not own the Series of Unfortunate Events characters and locations mentioned in this story, Lemony Snicket and Harper Collins Publishing do. I got the idea for the Baudelaires being in the "Tower of Terror" story when I returned from a trip to Disney World back in June. Also, I do not know if I will continue to update this story or not. Since I start school next week, it will become very difficult to do any updating if I choose to continue this story. But thank you to everyone that has reviewed and provided constructive criticism so far, it is much appreciated.)