The five ghosts held their breathes as the elevator made its way up to the Tip Top Club. Hoping and praying that there would not be yet another accident, they closely watched the buttons light up as the elevator ascended up to the top. It went from 8 to 9 to 10 and then to 11, which caused them all to fidget around even more nervously. It seemed like an eternity, but the button for the 12th floor lit up and the elevator stopped at its destination.
Carolyn, Gilbert, Dewey, Sally, and Miss Partridge all laughed and cried with joy, completely thrilled that they had finally made it to the party and everything would be set right after 60 years. Dewey made his way over to the elevator doors to do something he had always wanted to do since the accident.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived." he said proudly and opened the doors to reveal the party going on at the Tip Top Club.
It was indeed quite a party going on. A band was playing swing music and lots of couples were dancing along to the upbeat song. Those who were not dancing were either sitting at tables or standing chatting over drinks. The five ghosts could see Anna, Buzzy, Jill, Q, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny standing off to the side enjoying the show.
As soon as the band finished playing their song, the leader said to the five ghosts "Well, here you are at last."
Everyone turned around to see the five standing outside the elevator. They were indeed incredibly surprised to see them after 60 long years, but happy that they finally made it to the party.
"Miss Poulet, if you would take the stage." the band leader said to Carolyn, calling her by her stage name.
Carolyn eagerly made her way up to the stage where the band was to finally sing the song she was supposed to sing so long ago.
"And now ladies and gentleman, finally making her singing debut, the wonderfully talented Claire Poulet." the band leader announced to the party guests who promptly gave Carolyn a loud round of applause.
Carolyn took a deep breath as the band started to play a soft swing song, and began to sing. Her beautiful voice carried throughout the room, and made everyone smile at such a talented singer.
Meanwhile, Miss Partridge, Sally, and Dewey were standing over by Anna, Buzzy, Jill, Q, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny watching Carolyn sing. They were all enjoying the show very much. The Baudelaires especially enjoyed the music since it reminded them of the type of music their parents would play at the many social gatherings in the mansion.
It was then Miss Partridge leaned over to Sally and pointed to two people Sally knew very well. Sally looked in the direction Miss Partridge was pointing in, and her hands flew up to her mouth in happiness and excitement. The two people she was looking at happened to be her mother and father and they were so excited to see their little Sally again. Sally ran up to her parents and all three embraced each other in a huge hug with lots of kisses. They turned around and waved goodbye to the group as all three of them disappeared in a small sparkle of light.
"Well, my work here is done." Miss Partridge said and she too vanished in a sparkle of light.
"That's so sweet, she's finally back with her mom and dad." Klaus said to Violet and Sunny.
"Yeah, I feel like we really helped her and the others." Violet told her brother.
"Dewey, is that you?" an elderly voice called out and the group turned around to see an old man who looked like Dewey standing with his arms open.
"Is that your great grandude?" Buzzy whispered to Q.
"Sure is, chief." Q said with a grin.
Dewey walked up to his father and gave him a vigorous handshake. His father was so proud of him for doing his job and getting everyone up to the party. The two men knew that their jobs here were finally done, so they also waved goodbye to the group as they vanished in a sparkle of light.
It was at this time Carolyn finished singing and received a huge round of applause from the party guests. Even Sunny lent her own applause by clapping her tiny hands together, to the amusement of her siblings.
Gilbert, who had been hanging out by the elevator the whole time, decided it was now or never. He made his way up to the stage to where Carolyn was standing and took the microphone from her.
"Everyone, can I have your attention please? I have a special announcement to make." he said to all of the guests.
"Nama?" asked Sunny, which probably meant "Is he doing what I think he's gonna do?"
"Probably Sunny, but listen." Violet told her.
"I love this woman dearly; she is the love of my life. As such, I want to spend the rest of my life with my love." Gilbert said and produced a small black box from his coat pocket. He opened it to reveal a small, diamond engagement ring, which made Carolyn gasp.
"Sweetheart, I've waited 60 years to do this. But I'll wait until the end of time if I have to. Will you marry me?" he asked Carolyn.
Carolyn took a deep breath as she started to shed tears of joy. Finally, she quickly nodded yes and gave Gilbert a huge hug as the whole room broke into a loud round of applause.
"I think she'll be very happy with him." Anna said.
"Yeah, I think so too." Jill replied.
Now that Carolyn and Gilbert had accomplished what they wanted to do, they hugged each other tightly as they vanished into a huge flash of light. Once the light cleared, the group could see that the Tip Top Club was now completely empty of anyone but them and it was extremely dusty. Old party streamers littered the room and there were tables and chairs toppled over.
"Wow that was some party." Violet said.
"Yeah, no kidding." Anna said.
"Bemmo?" asked Sunny, which meant "Hey, whatever happened to Abby?"
Her question was soon answered by a little girl's voice calling out "Am I late for the party?"
Everyone glanced up to see a young brown haired girl standing in front of the spiral staircases. She wore a gorgeous yellow dress and had a beautiful big bow in her hair. This was obviously young Abigail.
"Abby, do you like your present?" Sally asked and everyone saw her emerge from behind one of the tall wooden pillars.
"I love it, Sally. It's the perfect gift." Abby said to her little sister. "Oh, and thank you so much to all of you for helping me." she said to the group.
"No problem, Abigail. I hope you have a happy birthday." Klaus said.
The two sisters took hands and waved goodbye as they disappeared in another sparkle of light , leaving the people who helped them all alone in the empty club.
"Well, what do we do now?" Anna asked.
"Hey Q, you know what this means?" Buzzy asked him.
Q's eyes brightened up as he said "I get me a hotel!"
"Sure do, chief." Buzzy said.
