Later that evening
"Ok, remind me again why your Uncle Buzzy isn't here?" Violet asked as she, Anna, and Dewey stood in the basement, watching Q attempt to connect new circuits to the elevator's circuit board.
"One of his old coworkers wanted him to come back and write a story about the hotel for The Los Angeles Banner." Anna said sarcastically.
"Geesh, does he not remember how important this is?" Violet said, also sounding as annoyed as Anna.
"Girls, no time for arguing. Violet, hand me some more tape please." Q told them with exasperation in his voice. Violet quickly tossed him a roll of black electrical tape that he would use to safely tape some of the wires down.
"Grandson, it's getting late." Dewey said. He was right, it was 7:45 p.m. and they were not done with the elevator repairs yet.
"I'm going as fast as I can." Q said impatiently.
"Go faster then!" Anna, Violet, and Dewey said at the same time. Q turned around and gave them a look, then shook his head as he went back to working on the circuits.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the lobby
Klaus and Sunny waited patiently for any signs that the elevator was repaired. But the floor indicator had not moved from its position on the 11th floor yet and it was getting really late. Both were worried that the elevator would not be repaired on time, but they knew all they could do was wait and see what would happen.
"Deega!" shrieked Sunny, which meant "I could've helped them by biting things, then I'm sure the elevator would have been repaired by now."
"Sunny, the reason you are not down there biting things is that it would be unsafe for you to bite anything electrical. Just be patient and keep waiting." Klaus said as he held her on his lap.
Sunny sulked at that, at least Klaus had been allowed to help a little by giving Violet, Anna, and Q some advice based on what he had read on electricity. She couldn't believe this was one of the few times where she wasn't allowed to help her siblings, such an occasion was very rare in their troubling lives. They almost always helped each other out whenever they needed it, and she was upset this time she wasn't allowed to.
Klaus noticed the upset look on her face and stood up, still holding her in his arms. "Come on, Sunny. I'll let you have a nibble at that old statue over there." he said, pointing to an old marble bust sitting on a stand near the library.
Sunny forced a slight grin as Klaus brought her over to the statue and sat her down on the table it was resting on. She slowly started to nibble on the neck of the bust while Klaus watched her, hoping she was satisfied with the fact she got to bite at something tonight.
Sunny thoughtfully continued to nibble on the bust. She was wondering what her sister was up to downstairs, hoping that Violet and the other people down there could fix the elevator in time. However, her thoughts were interrupted by Klaus grabbing her from the table and crouching down in a corner with her.
"Baso!" Sunny shrieked, which meant "What are you doing? What's going on here?"
"Sunny, be quiet! Look at that over there!" Klaus said, pointing towards the main lobby doors.
Sunny glanced over in the direction Klaus was pointing towards, and was as shocked as he was. A figure wearing a black hooded cape was slowly making its way through the lobby and towards the stairs that lead to the basement. As the figure moved the hood away from its face a little, Klaus and Sunny could see it was an elderly woman with white hair. They also noticed that she held a small basket and an old, thick book in her arms.
"Ka?" asked Sunny, which probably meant "Shouldn't we warn Violet and the others downstairs about this woman?"
"Definitely, but we better be careful so that woman doesn't see us." Klaus whispered so the woman wouldn't hear him.
As soon as the woman disappeared into the stairwell, Klaus picked up Sunny and slowly made his way to the top of the stairwell. Both of them waited until they heard her walking along the bottom of the stairs and quickly, but carefully, walked downstairs. They entered a metal door that led into the basement and saw the old woman walking down a long hallway. As they quietly followed her, they passed by the area where Violet, Anna, Q, and Dewey were working on the elevator. Violet was handing Q a pair of pliers when she looked over and saw Klaus and Sunny standing in the hallway.
"What are you two doing here!" she whispered as she walked over to them.
"We were in the lobby watching the elevator and we saw this elderly woman come in. She's downstairs right now as we speak." Klaus said.
Anna overheard them and came over with a panicked look on her face. "Oh my god, Abigail." she exclaimed.
"What, who is Abigail?" Klaus asked.
"Just come with me, this is serious." Anna said and promptly lead the Baudelaires down the hall.
It wasn't long before they rounded the corner into a much larger hallway. At the end of the hallway was a big table filled with burning candles. Standing behind it was the old woman Abigail, chanting an evil spell from the big book that was open in front of her.
(A/N: Yes, I decided to continue updating this story. Thought I would add another chapter before school started, after then it will be hard to update because of class commitments. But I promise, I will try to finish this story.)