Upon arrival on the Isle of Machines it was a long jaunt to the park where Cheif Beauregarde told Charlie to meet them, but it was a simple matter to find them upon arival. Cheif Beauregarde was standing at the top of a hill looking at a undeveloped forest on the other side of the hill using binoculars. Violet was carring a tripod and a case which looked to be carring surveying equipment. Charlie said "Hi folks. Violet you need help with that stuff?"
Chief Beauregarde called out without taking his eyes out the binoculars. "Maybe she does Mr. Bucket, but her carrying that stuff is part of her punishment. So don't help her out okay."
Violet smiled and said, "It's okay, Charlie. It's not that heavy."
Cheif Bearegarde called out "Over here, Mr. Bucket." Charlie came running up and Cheif Beauregarde started walking down the hill toward the forest and motioned for Charlie and Violet to follow. He started with, "I've only been a father of a girl who can acutally talk for about a week, and I was totally unprepared for the sight of her kissing a boy. Now you seem nice and have good prospects, but you are so darn young. Now what do you see happening between yourself and my daughter?"
Charlie thought about this for a bit, and said, "I don't know sir. I don't know the future. I know this. There are thousands of things that I want in life. But only a few things I needed to be really happy. I've allways had a home with a family that loves me and allways supports me to the best of their ability. But I was allways missing something. I didn't know what. Then two things happened at the same time, I was separated from my family, but reunited with your daughter. And I was more happy than I would expect given the circumstances. Because I think what your daughter became to me exactly what I was allways missing."
Cheif Beauregarde took this in and said, "Does what your missing have to be my daughter?"
Charlie replied, "Again I don't know. I've not had many alternatives. All I know was that I thought she was beautiful from the first time I laid eyes on the picture of her on the newspaper. On the outside anyway. And since we reunited, I've never been able to relate to anyone's situation ever. And as a result, whenever she feels happy, I feel happy. Whenever she feels sad, I feel sad. My mom once told me what her wedding vows were, and that's how she described being in love in her vows.
Cheif Beauregarde said, "Okay this is the first place to take measurements. Violet set that stuff down, I'll set that up." And with a pleasant smile he said, "And if you two want to be alone, I'll be here."
Violet smiled and headed for a nearby glade, and Charlie was about to follow but Cheif Beauregarde stopped him and whispered in his ear. "If you really make my daughter happy, I want to see it. She's been acting somber all day, and I don't think its about the punishment. She doesn't seem to mind. You find out what okay?"
And with that Charlie let go and as he caught up to Violet, he saw that Chief Beauregarde was right. She seemed to be lacking that sparkle that he admired. Charlie started with, "Hey little girl. I've been given a mission to make you happy. So what's wrong. And don't tell me nothings wrong. I can see somethings wrong."
Violet said tiredly, "I've had a series of bad dreams last night. So little sleep. Is it any wonder I look bad?"
Charlie sat down next to her and said, "What dreams?"
Violet turned and laid her head in Charlies lap and said, "About war. About losing my father to war. About losing you.."
Chalie said as he ran his hand through her hair, "I'm not going to take part in this war."
Violet sighed and said, "I didn't say losing you to war."
Charlie said, "Than to what?"
Violet smirked and said, "It's silly."
Charlie moved his head to look Violet in the eye and said, "My mom allways insisted I share my scary but silly dreams with her and then she would point out how silly they are, so they seem less scary."
Violet smirked, "We were getting married."
Chalie nearly burst out laughing. Violet turned her head and said, "It's not silly, I was so happy at the time. My parents were together! It was on the main town square of the isle of lovers. It was like heaven!"
Charlie exclaimed, "Okay! OKAY! So what went wrong."
Violet smirked, "Veruca! She came in flying on a broomstick dressed as a witch! She cast a spell turning me back into a blueberry. Then hypnotized you and the crowd so you married her instead! Then there was an earthquake and Veruca said "Don't worry Violet. I've got a more suitable husband for you." And the earthquakes turned out to be the footsteps of Augustus! He was the size of a skyscraper. Veruca than said, "You are now husband and blueberry. You may eat the bride!" Augustus then lifted me up and I fell into his mouth. Then I woke up."
Charlie said, "And what do you think it means?
Violet exclaimed, "I spent most of the night musing over it. The spell to remove the barrier exists. Which means you get to go home. And your home and my home are so darn far away! In both the dream and the current situation. I might lose you and I can't blame you for it, since it really isn't your fault."
Charlie said, "Next time you take Veruca down okay? And my apprenticing job allows me a large amount of free time. Your home is only a few hours away by glass elevator. You give me a call and I'll be by your side in hours okay? And I want to show you the rest of the factory, since your tour was cut short. I know you had a bad experience, but if you follow rules better, it really is an amazing place, and I think it would be even more amazing for me with you there."
It was about this time that the sparkle returned, and Violet reached up with her arm and pulled Charlie into a long kiss. As soon as Charlie pulled up, he said, "What are we doing out here anyway?"
Violet replied, "I don't know. He comes out here every other day." She pulled herself up and helped Charlie up and called out, "DAD!"
The both ran toward Cheif Beauregarde and as Violet called said, "Daddy, what are we looking for out here?"
Chief Beauregarde said blandly, "The center."
Charlie said, "I beg your pardon?"
Chief Beauregarde said, "I don't like our chances in this war. From the report I've gotten from the other Islands our combined forces will probably be able to defeat Darnital's defensive fleet, but after that can we successfully storm the castle after that before the spellbook gets translated? Now the gears all over the island. They suggest the island itself is one big machine. If you trace the gears to where they start, they all start at some rotating cylinder that dissapears into the island. I've used the direction of all the rotating cylinders and they all seem to come from a spot around here. Perhaps we might find a power source here or something."
Violet was slowly wandering around and said, "And it's around HEEERREEE..."
"Violet!" Charlie screamed as the ground under Violets feet gave way, and she fell into a pit.
Cheif Beauregarde called out, "Violet, Sweetie, are you all right?"
It was a few seconds before she called out, "FOUND SOMETHING!"
Cheif Beauregarde took a rope out and tied it too a tree and dropped into some sort of room full of buttons, levers, and monitors which showed many views of the island. Violet said, "Daddy, look at this monitor, with all the gear configuration it displays. I've seen this gear configuration before, albeit much smaller."
Cheif Beauregarde said, "What are you suggesting Violet?"
"Evacuate the Island and get some of our best scientists to figure out how these controls work."
A few hours later, Charlie, Violet and Willy Wonka were standing on the Isle of Mushrooms looking over at the Isle of Machines as the entire Island lifted out of the water on the back of a giant spider robot. Charlie tugged Willy Wonkas sleeve and said, "Mr. Wonka?"
Willy Wonka replied, "What is it, Kiddo?"
"I think were going to win!"