Violet was kneeling on the floor, breathing rapidly. Her vision was still a little blurry from what just happened, so she had absolutely no idea where she was or if she was even still alive or not. Then she heard the creaking of elevator doors opening. She looked up and saw Jill, Q, Anna, and Buzzy pressed against the walls of the service elevator.
"Are we dead?" she asked.
"Don't think so, I can still feel my legs." Q said.
"What just happened there?" Jill asked as she carefully walked out of the elevator.
"Apparently, that was a good spell 'cause none of us are dead." Anna said, still clinging onto Buzzy as the rest of the group made their way out of the elevator and into the basement.
Everyone realized they should go upstairs and check on the main elevator and find out of the others were okay. Still shaky from the freefall, they slowly made their way up the basement stairs and into the main lobby. All eyes fell on the floor indicator above the elevator doors. Surprisingly, it was now on the 1st floor instead of the 11th floor or even the basement floor.
"What a minute, this must mean…" Buzzy started to say as he pushed the button to open up the elevator.
The elevator doors slid open to reveal Carolyn, Gilbert, Dewey, Sally, Miss Partridge, Klaus, and Sunny standing there with huge smiles on their faces. Violet's mouth dropped open as she saw her brother and sister standing there, alive and well.
"Klaus! Sunny! Oh my god!" she screamed as they rushed out of the elevator towards her.
The three Baudelaires embraced each other in the biggest, tightest hug they had ever given each other in their whole lives and cried tears of happiness. They had nearly lost their lives and were fearful of never seeing each other again, but the terror was over and there was a glimmer of hope and happiness in their otherwise sad, depressing lives.
"I'm so happy you two are okay. I love both of you so much, I would have been devastated if you didn't survive this." Violet told Klaus and Sunny as she continued to embrace them.
"Kees!" shrieked Sunny, which meant something along the lines of "I was so scared Violet, but now I'm happy we're alive and together."
"I agree with both of you, I love you two and I am thankful we survived this whole ordeal." Klaus said, sounding choked up.
The Baudelaires turned around to look at the rest of the group, still in a small, protective hug and smiling brightly. While everyone was happy that they made it out of the elevators alive, they wondered what had prevented the accident from happening in the first place.
"How did we survive this thing, anyway?" Jill asked.
Everyone thought about what Jill said, they honestly had no idea what had just happened when that bright light shone around them and briefly darkened their vision. It was Buzzy's face that lit up with the realization of what must have happened to prevent such a horrific accident from occurring and breaking the 60 year old spell.
"Hey, I think I know what happened. Remember that every spell has a contrary?" he asked everyone.
"Yes, what are you getting at?" Violet asked.
"I remember in the elevator, Sally told Abigail she forgave her and gave her the bracelet right before that bright light. That means that Sally's love for her sister was the contrary, and therefore broke the spell." Buzzy said.
"Well, that is obviously a contrary to a spell about jealously. Why didn't we realize that in the first place?" Klaus asked.
"I have no idea, but it's a good thing it was realized in the nick of time or else we'd all be pancakes at the bottom of that elevator shaft." Anna said, smiling.
"Don't we all have to get to the party now?" Miss Partridge asked the group.
"Yes yes, we should get up there. Dewey, if you would do the honors." Carolyn said to the bellhop, who then proceeded to take his place in front of the elevator buttons.
"Going up to the Tip Top Club." Dewey said with a huge grin on his face. The other four ghosts filed into the elevator behind him, excited to finally reach the party at long last.
"Hey old chap, why not bring the rest of your little gang up to the party?" Gilbert asked Buzzy.
"Yes, we would be honored if you would come with us." Sally said.
"Thanks, but I think we are all gonna take the stairs." Buzzy said, and the rest of the group nodded in agreement. They weren't exactly up to getting on a elevator now after surviving that harrowing freefall from the 11th floor.
Dewey grinned anyways as he pushed the button for the 12th floor and the elevator doors closed. Anna and Buzzy proceeded to lead the way to the stairs and up to the 12th floor where the Tip Top Club resided. As everyone climbed the stairs, they couldn't wait to see what type of party was going on up there and the reactions of the guests after they saw Carolyn, Gilbert, Sally, Miss Partridge, and Dewey for the first time in 60 years.