Book The Twelfth: The Zymotic Zone

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD WON AMERICAN IDOL! YES!

Sorry, just had to put that there. Thanks for the reviews. I hope that the last chapter answered some of ur questions. I'm putting a lot of answers in this chap too… Anyways, I no this update was a long one, but I was busy with my other stories cuz they got deleted. No more review replies, or anagrams, or Author's Notes in the story cuz if I do that, it'll get deleted. Read FanFiction's rules. However, whoever got the anagram rite, good job! It's: And we thought we were the only ones. I was thinking of a good disclaimer, and here it is:

Disclaimer: Currently, L, the representative of D, owns all of this, except any new characters. I do not know who owned it in the past, or who will own it in the future, but I do know that L owns it now.

Pretty long, huh?

ON WITH THE NEW LONG CHAPTER!

Chapter 5

"MEETING IN THE MAIN ROOM NOW!"

The voice echoed down the hall and into the room the Baudelaires, Jessica, and Joel were in.

"Well, I guess it's time to go to the meeting," Klaus stated. The others agreed and they left for the main room. As they were walking, Jessica noticed she forgot her cape in the room.

"I need to go get my cape," Jessica said. "I left it in the room."

"I'll go with her," Violet piped up. The others looked at her and she said, "To watch her. You know, I'm older than her, so I'll supervise her." With that she led Jessica to the room.

As they entered the room, Jessica asked, "What do you want from me, Violet?"

"I just wanted to ask you something, well, personal," Violet replied.

"OK," Jessica said as she got her pitch-black cape. It was so dark, that it makes Isadora Quagmire's commonplace notebook look like the lightest of any black colour.

"Um, well, are you and Joel-?" Violet began.

"Yeah, I guess you can say we're dating," Jessica said logically. "And I'm only friends with Quigley."

"Oh, well that's OK. How did you know I was going to say that?" Violet asked.

"I'm very logical, if I do say so myself. Obviously, you were jealous of how Quigley and I got along so well. You were probably thinking that Quigley should spent more time with you instead of me," Jessica said.

"Well, yeah," Violet said. She had never felt so uneasy before. "And if you really want to know, my mother's name is-"

"VIOLET AND JESSICA GET OVER HERE NOW!" came the voice of Kit. No one knew she could yell so loud. Not even I, her only living brother, knew she could yell so loud. Usually, she yelled loudly when she was dealing with something important. I'm assuming that the meeting is very important.

Violet and Jessica headed to the main room. Kit was there, looking angry and impatient, and there was L and Joel and the other Baudelaires, AND a group of other people, which the children could not see.

"Sit down," Kit said. She had gotten calmer now that Violet and Jessica were at the meeting.

"Is this the VFD gathering?" Klaus piped up.

"No," Kit said. "The VFD gathering will be held soon. We just need a few more members attending."

"So what is this meeting for?" asked Quigley.

"None of your business," Kit snapped.

"Then why are we here?" asked Joel.

"Because the Vice Chancellor said that we should bring you guys ONLY for a while," Kit said. "Now stop asking questions!"

"Let them ask questions, Kit," said a mysterious voice. Out walked a tall longhaired woman with black-jeweled spectacles. Her outfit was odd, as she was very a medium length beige coat with a dark brown skirt that looked like the one Count Olaf wore when he was disguised as Shirley, the receptionist. All this matched her hazel eyes and brown hair. "After all, questions show a smart mind."

"Yes," muttered Kit. "Anyways, this is Renée Winzigée, or R. She is the Vice Chancellor and Duchess of Winnipeg."

"That sounds familiar," Klaus whispered thoughtfully.

Violet nodded.

"And the person you met earlier is Larry," Kit said. "Although we call him L."

"Larry?" Sunny said. It meant, "You mean Larry from the Anxious Clown?"

"Yes, Larry worked in the Anxious Clown," Jessica said.

Suddenly, Larry popped out of nowhere. "I was only there to watch you, Baudelaires. When you left, I quit. After working so long, I got a mark on my nose," he said, pointing to his nose.

"We can see Larry," Kit said.

"Now, shortly, you will be leaving this meeting," said Renée. The Baudelaires' faces dropped. They wanted to know more. "You need to look for the sugar bowl. It is in one of the laundry rooms here in the Hotel. Now because of the size of the Hotel, there are many. And you need to search through all of them to find the sugar bowl before Count Olaf does. You have a very important mission, and you must finish by Thursday, as our members will be here for the gathering."

Joel, Jessica, Quigley, and the Baudelaires nodded. "Now Kit, show them their route and tell them what to do," ordered Renée. "Yes," Kit muttered. "Come." She led them to the main hallway.

"You need to go in pairs. Sunny, you are going to go with Joel looking in the laundry rooms closest to us, as Sunny's too small to be well useful." Sunny said, "Wrong!" but Kit continued. "Jessica you are going with Klaus, and Violet with Quigley. Jessica and Klaus, look at the northen and eastern laundry rooms, and Violet and Quigley look at the southern and western laundry rooms. Take this beef jerky, and every time you look into a laundry room, leave a piece in front of the door, so you can know you've been there. Meet back here on the 13th floor when the sun is down. Make sure you are not followed and if you find the sugar bowl, DO NOT OPEN IT. Bring it back here. Well, good luck."

She handed them long pieces of beef jerky and left. Jessica, Joel, Sunny, Klaus, Violet and Quigley went into the elevator.

"Well, we're looking on the floors 2-12, Joel said. "Come on Sunny," Joel said as they reached the 12th floor. Sunny followed him and they disappeared as the elevator door closed.

"I guess we have to look floor 1, right?" Violet asked.

"And underground too," Jessica said.

"OK," Violet replied as the door opened. "Well, good luck to the two of you," Quigley said as they headed south. "Good luck," Jessica said as she and Klaus headed north.

They went into the first laundry room that came into sight. It was empty except for a laundry machine, which Klaus made sure to check. They went into a dozen of laundry rooms, searching for the sugar bowl, but only found lint and bleach.

Violet and Quigley had the same rotten luck, and so did Joel and Sunny.

Meanwhile, at the meeting, something rather eventful happened at this boring time.

"Would you like some water?" Larry asked. "Sure," said Renée. Larry was about to pour Renée a glass of water when he shook and spilled the water on her coat. "LARRY!" yelled Renée. "Sorry, it was an accident," Larry said shakily. "It is OK," Renée had gotten calmer. "Go place it over there in the sunshine so it can dry up."

Jessica and Klaus entered the 50th laundry room they've checked. However, 50 was their unlucky number not only because they've checked so many rooms and didn't have any luck, but because there, in room number 50, was a terrible surprise.

"That's weird," Jessica said.

"What?" Klaus asked.

"There's a tank here, as if a reptile was living here," Jessica responded.

"That can't be; this room looks ancient!" Klaus said.

"Yes, but I think-" Jessica stopped.

"What's wrong?" Klaus questioned.

"I've found the sugar bowl," Jessica barely choked out.

Klaus was about to say something but something stopped him.

"Thank you for finding the sugar bowl for us, Baude-brat and girlfriend of his," sneered Count Olaf.

DUH DUH DUH! Olaf found them! Oh-oh scary! Oh and to the person who asked me to include a new character, this story is full, but I'll try to include it in my next story, the thirteenth book. Well, adios, aurevior, abiento!

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