(A/N: The spell Abigail reads is quoted directly from the movie "Tower of Terror", which I sadly do not own in addition to not owning the Series of Unfortunate Events.)
Abigail's back was turned towards the children, so thankfully she didn't see them approach her. But Violet, Klaus, Sunny, and Anna were still careful as they made their way towards Abigail, as they didn't want to catch her attention. And the words of the spell she was reading truly sent shivers down their spines.
"It's the midnight hour of ancient power. Dark light of the underworld, be my guide." Abigail said as she looked upwards with an evil look in her eyes, still not realizing the children were in the hallway staring at what she was doing.
"What was then will now be again. I summon the black forces to turn back the clock and complete our revenge!" Abigail cried out and with that, the flames on the candles grew bigger and there was a loud clap of thunder. The children huddled closer to each other, scared at what Abigail might do next. But the next sounds they heard were surprising.
They heard a loud creaking sound of the elevator gears turning; indicating Q had fixed the elevator. As it slowly made its way down the elevator shaft, the children also heard the sound of a clock rewinding itself. Violet looked up at the old clock in the hallway and saw it rewinding itself from 8 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. She was getting very scared now, she knew as well as the other three that whatever Abigail intended to do was not good. And the last lines of the spell she was reading proved that.
"Strike them down, one and all, and cast their souls into the underworld of eternal misery!" Abigail cried out with intense anger in her voice. Now the children could no longer hold in their silence, they knew they had to confront Abigail with what she had done. And Anna was the first of the group to speak up.
"Stop, Abigail! Why did you cast the spell?" she yelled and Abigail whirled around to see Violet, Klaus, Sunny, and Anna staring at her horrified.
"You children shouldn't be down here, go away! This doesn't concern any of you!" Abigail exclaimed.
"Don't do it, Abigail. Don't hurt Sally and the others." Anna pleaded.
"What, why would you want to hurt Sally?" Klaus asked.
"I'll tell you why: Abigail is Sally's big sister and intensely jealous of her." Anna said.
"What! You're Sally's sister?" Violet asked
"That's not important now, what's important is that the spell is cast and the elevator will finally crash and my revenge will be complete!" Abigail cried out.
"Feesma!" shrieked Sunny, which meant "Oh no you won't, because we won't let you!"
The children turned around and ran back upstairs to warn the ghosts that they shouldn't get in the elevator, leaving Abigail standing there with an evil grin on her face.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the lobby, the 5 ghosts were standing in front of the elevator watching it come down from its position on the 11th floor. They were thrilled that they would finally get to the party and they could go home.
"So, who's the idiot now?" Dewey asked Gilbert with a smug look on his face.
"Enough of that, I'm just so happy we are going to the party." Carolyn said.
The elevator finally came down to the first floor and the shaft doors opened up. Dewey made his way into the elevator car and proudly said "Going up?"
The other four ghosts made their way into the elevator with huge smiles on their faces, happy to be going to the party. But just as Dewey pressed the close button, Violet, Klaus, Sunny, and Anna came running up from the basement.
"Stop! Don't get in the elevator!" Anna yelled out.
"What? What's happening, Anna?" Sally asked, stepping outside into the lobby to see what was going on.
"Come on, you have to get out of there!" Klaus said, trying to hold the door open with one hand while holding Sunny in the other.
Anna was trying to hold the other elevator door open, but she simply wasn't strong enough to do so. Her arm slipped off the door and she stumbled inside the elevator. Klaus grabbed her arm to try and pull her out, but Anna fell down on the elevator floor and pulled Klaus and Sunny inside with her as the elevator doors closed behind them.
"Klaus! Sunny!" Violet screamed out.
"Anna! No!" Buzzy's voice screamed out and Violet and Sally turned around to see Buzzy and a female companion burst into the lobby and run over to the elevator.
"Buzzy, tell me what is going on." the woman said.
"History's gonna repeat itself, Jill. And Anna's a part of it." Buzzy said, looking up at the floor indicator as it slowly moved upwards.
"My brother and sister, too." Violet said, sounding choked up.