"Allright, now the doctor said we can have the lab to ourselves today to figure out how we can construct something to capture sunlight." Klaus said.
"That something would be called a solar panel, Klaus." Violet said.
"Yes, Violet. I've read books on solar panels so maybe that will help." Klaus said impatiently.
"Bitjoa!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something like "And I get to bite the witch to distract her!"
Violet snickered at Sunny's comment as she began examining the tools available to them in Dr. Finklestein's lab. Violet still had the head lamp she had invented when they were still living in the Baudelaire mansion, so it was decided that they would find a way for this lamp to use a solar panel to store sunlight to use against Myra. For safety reasons, the children created a sort of black lens cap to cover the bulb to keep the sunlight inside the lamp until it was needed. The real trick, however, was trying to figure out how to attach a small solar panel to the head lamp so it could store sunlight into the bulb.
"Here's what I think, Vi. According to what I've read, we might need some small wires to connect the solar panel to the light bulb so it can store the sunlight." Klaus said.
"And I won't get electrocuted?" Violet asked.
Klaus gave her an exasperated look as he said "No Violet, you won't get electrocuted. Remember that we should make sure the wires are coated for safety reasons?"
"Of course, Klaus. Now hand me those pliers so we can get started." Violet said.
Klaus tossed her a pair of pliers sitting on the lab table and the Baudelaires began working on altering Violet's head lamp so it could store natural sunlight in its bulb. It took them a while to figure out how to connect the wires between the small solar panel on the back of the lamp to the bulb in the front while wearing rubber gloves on their hands to avoid an electric shock.
"Allright, just attach that last wire and we are done!" Violet exclaimed.
Carefully holding the pliers in his hand, Klaus guided a small blue wire to the base of the light bulb and twisted it inside. Satisfied with their work, he put down the pliers and grinned at his sisters.
"You are right, Violet. There's always something." Klaus said.
"Told you so." Violet said.
"Agome!" Sunny squealed, which meant something along the lines of "I totally agree with Violet."
Now that the altered head lamp was complete, the Baudelaires decided to take it outside and try to get some sunlight stored inside the bulb. Thankfully, it was a sunny day in Halloweentown so they knew it wouldn't be too hard to store some sunlight. So the children made their way to the center of the town square and sat on the edge of the fountain, positioning the head lamp so that the small solar panel faced the sun. As they sat there waiting for enough energy to be stored, Jack and Sally made their way into Town Square.
"So, I see you have your invention ready?" Jack said.
"Yes we do, Jack. The only thing now is to wait for the perfect opportunity to use it against Myra." Violet said.
"Well, I don't know when that would be. Myra is very sneaky and can appear unexpectedly at any time." Jack said.
"Well, when she does, we'll be ready for her." Klaus said
Later that evening
The Baudelaires were sitting in their room, exhausted after helping Dr. Finklestein some more with creating the undead animal for Jack's entrance on Halloween night, which happened to be an undead horse.
"Wow, that was a lot of work today." Klaus said.
"No kidding, Klaus. We've been doing a lot of work since we first arrived here." Violet said.
"But at least it's not Count Olaf ordering us around." Klaus said.
"As long as he's not around us, I'm happy." Violet said.
Suddenly, the children heard a loud shriek coming from outside. They ran over to the large window in their room and looked out into Town Square. They saw almost all of the citizens rush outside towards Jack and Sally's mansion. To the children's horror, they also saw Sally being dragged from the mansion kicking and screaming by a woman dressed completely in black. This, they guessed, was Myra.
"You let our queen go, you monster!" the harlequin demon screamed.
"Over your undead bodies! The queen is mine now!" Myra screamed as she continued to drag Sally towards the town gates while holding a knife to her back.
"Jack! Help me! Get me away from her!" Sally screamed.
"Shut up! This is a warning to all of you! Either Jack sacrifices the throne to me and he and Sally live, or he doesn't and all of Halloweentown will burn in my spell of fiery fire!" Myra exclaimed and cackled evilly.
Horrified, the Baudelaires ran out of their room and outside, hoping they could somehow save Sally. Unfortunately, by the time they got outside it was too late. Sally and Myra had disappeared and the citizens stood in the town square furious that this evil witch had kidnapped their beloved Pumpkin Queen. Jack, however, was the most upset as the love of his life was gone.
"Sally, my love! How will I ever get you back?" he cried as he sunk to his knees, holding his skull in his hand and trying not to lose it.
The rest of the citizens gathered around him, mourning Sally's disappearance and wondering how they would ever rescue the queen and defeat that monstrous witch Myra and the same time. Their sai thoughts were soon interrupted by Violet saying "Let's go get her." and Sunny squealing "Wijoma!", which meant something like "Don't just stand there, let's go get that witch and rescue Sally!"
Everyone looked up to see the three Baudelaires standing there, Violet holding her new solar headlamp in her hand. They looked determined to put their invention to good use and to defeat Myra and rescue Sally from her clutches.