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Chapter 3: no going back
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After the elevator had reached its destination Willy led Charlie and Angie down a long entry leading to an immense door reading 'medical center' it opened on it's own reveling little tiny men in Wight suits who Willy briefly informed were the medicoompa loompa's, they led her to a black examination table having her sit down on top of it.
"Don't worry my oompa loompa's are specially taught to handle several medical issues" Willy said giving the alarmed girl sitting on the exam table a reassuring yet uneasy smile.
Angie carried her current worried gaze off the floor and onto wonka's pale face "I-I've never seen or heard of oompa loompa's before their so….cute" she said with a smile observing various oompa loompa's around her tend to unknown jobs in the medic room.
"I thought you'd like them," Charlie said with a bright smile shifting his weight, momentarily putting a hand on the exam table while standing next to Willy.
"I'm so delighted you find my spectacular oompa loompa's to your liking Angie" Willy stated fiddling nervously with his Cain briefly glancing down at her when something else suddenly caught his attention "oh look!" he gestured excitedly to an oompa loompa walking up wearing medical clothing with a stethoscope hanging around it's nick.
"This little guy will make sure all your medical needs get met if for some random reason you just happened to have any cuts, scraps, bruises, sprains, or anything! Just watch I promise it'll be painless"
Angie said nothing in return but instead listened intently to anything and everything Willy had to say,while the little oompa dressed in medical clothing began to do various things to take care of her physical wounds she had received when encountering that frightful man trying to kidnap her, she was vary blessed Charlie had been their when he was or that may have been the end of Angie's young life.
When the oompa loompa was finished tending to Angie's wounds he informed wonka and his young heir Charlie, her energies were only miner.
she had a vary miner sprain in her ankle which would easily heal in a few days and a few scratches here and their which the oompa loompas put medication on in order to keep them from getting infected other then that Angie was as healthy as ever.
Charlie smiled sincerely turning his gaze from Willy to Angie who had jumped off the exam table presently standing next to him "so ware do you live Angie?"
The two waiting patiently for the 15 year old to answer.
ware as Angie felt her heart stop after Charlie had asked her this seemingly simple question for little did Charlie nor Willy know she had been dreading this question from the moment she first stepped foot in the factory gates. truth be told she didn't want anyone to ever even know she had a home for if they new they might force her to return to it……she thought to herself these people seemed nice enough to understand her sticky situation…..but what if they didn't?
After a brief moment of silence she finally decided no matter the risk she could not bring herself to lie to the kind people who were patiently, awaiting her respond it wouldn't be right not after the much needed kindness they had shown to her.
"Umm….well" she finally began paces nervously desperately trying to find the right words to say to cause them to understand her circumstances "I…..d-don't r-really…"
"Have a home?" completed Willy trying to help her in finishing her sentence.
"….well n-not exactly" she darted her eyes nervously around the room desperately searching for an easier way to explain things to them.
She nervously stepped back a little as a natural reaction she had picked up some ware along her way in life whenever some one was asking her a question she either couldn't answer well enough or had a hard time answering.
"What do you mean not exactly?" asked wonka sympathetically. Taking a small step towards her as Charlie did the same a fretful expression playing on both their faces.
Angie took a deep breath taking one more step backwards. this was it she had ran through the whole thing in her mind she would simply explain her situation to them and hopefully they would understand if not…..well she just had to try it was the only thing she could do without lying to them….
She sighed heavily bringing her gaze once again to the two eager people awaiting her reply. "o-okay look it's not that I don't technically live in a house but it's definitely no place to call home…." she said at last, turning her gaze away from them and right back onto the wall on her right already feeling tears start to form in her eyes.
Willy gave her an understanding look in response while Charlie did the same "do you want to go back?" he asked looking strait into her eyes in hopes of her answering truthfully.
Angie could feel tears she wasn't willing to let fall clouding her vision she quickly wiped them away using her sleeve before they were even able to fully form then brought her gaze back on Charlie knowing deep down inside she would once again have to answer him truthfully.
"No….." her voice was trailing off beginning to sound as if she were about to burst into tears right then and their. nevertheless she pressed them back trying not to let the shakiness in her voice show "I can't go back…..n-not now a-and n-not ever" she turned away to wipe the remaining tears that had formed out of her eyes then back to Charlie and Willy faking a joyful smile.
"Well if it's bothering you that much then you certainly don't have to return if you don't wish to" Willy said sympathetically a little more relaxed this time, with his right hand on his Cain also holding a surprisingly genuine smile showing he had understood the situation a lot more then one would have expected.
Which of coarse left Charlie amazed and pleasantly surprised at how well his mentor was handling this. "No of coarse not" he kindly agreed with his mentor.
Angie stared intently at the hard metal floor beneath her "you mean it? I mean you won't tell anyone?"
"Theirs nothing to tell my dear girl" Willy replied knowingly, tossing his Cain in his right hand gesturing for them to follow him. "Now shall we? Theirs still so much do before the day is finished ya know"
"Like….what kind of things?" she asked innocently looking up at him an expression of curiosity/confusion pasted across her face.
Willy stopped and glanced down at her grinning madly "you'll see"
Without any more questions, the young girl and the heir obeyed wonka willingly by following as he led them out of the medical center and down a long hallway leading to the glass elevator.
Angie glanced over at Charlie while walking in-between him and Willy Wonka "ware is he leading us?" she asked quietly.
"That my dear you're just going to have to wait and find out" said Willy before Charlie even had a chance to answer, all the while strutting down the long hallway with a somewhat sinister grin plastered across his whole face.
Charlie noticed Angie seemed to respond to this with a somewhat confused but accepting expression on.
"One thing you should know about Willy Wonka is that most times he can be vary mysterious," he said humorously ending his statement with a small chuckle.
"Mystery's cool" she replied with a small smile bringing her gaze over from Charlie to Willy.
"That's good to know because this whole factory is one giant mystery" Willy chimed in holding his famous sinister grin glancing down at Angie who was looking up at him a somewhat mischievous expression playing on her face "what do you mean?" she asked suddenly finding herself much more curious then she intended to be.
"All in good time my dear" Right after finishing his statement Willy stopped abruptly as the three reached the great glass elevator Willy pressed a small button allowing the doors to open while all three walked in. then another one was pressed and off they went the elevator zooming into a random direction. At this point only Willy Wonka new ware the elevator was going. It remained a mystery to both Charlie and Angie who except for feeling curious didn't seem to mind one bit.
The elevator finally came to a halt abruptly leaving Angie who wasn't used to the sudden jerks of the elevator completely startled. she yelped and clutched onto Willy's arm absentmindedly as a nervous reaction to the sudden jolt of the elevator.
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to-"Angie began nervously letting go of his arm immediately after realizing what she had done.
"Oh don't you worry about it my dear girl it happens all the time" Willy said understandingly as he gave Charlie a mischievous glare remembering many times Charlie had done the same thing in his early days of living in the factory when he wasn't used to all the elevators sudden quick turns and jolts either.
"Mr. Wonka ware are we going?" asked Charlie hiding vary well how quickly he wished to change the subject.
Willy let out a small laugh "Why you're just have to wait and see Charlie, along with are little friend here it's an awful lot more fun that way ya know"
"I suppose so" Charlie gave Willy an uncertain look while both he and Angie followed Willy down the long hallway with red velvety edible carpet for flooring.
Angie found this to be vaguely familiar as she remembered Charlie bringing her into a hallway exactly like this one, when first welcoming her to the factory.
Charlie looked over at Wonka a somewhat hastily, expression creeping its way across his face as he struggled to keep up with wonka's fast pace "ahh….Mr. wonka?"
Willy turned his attention off whatever it were focused on at the moment and onto Charlie "yes Charlie?"
"Well…I really hate to do this to you but….."
"But what Charlie?"
"I told my mom I would be home before five o clock…and I was hoping maybe-"
Willy pulled a golden pocket watch out of his coat pocket and seeing it read '4:45 P.M.'
"Well then you better get going if you don't want to be late," he answered placing his watch in its usual place in his jacket Pocket and continued to strut down the exceedingly long hallway as the two followers found it somewhat difficult but kept up all the same with his fast pace.
"But What about Angie?" Charlie new all to well how much his mentor utterly hated being stuck with new people by himself and hated to force him into situations such as this if not absolutely necessary.
"Oh don't you worry about a thing I'll take care of her go on now wouldn't want your family getting worried" Willy stopped and gestured hurriedly for Charlie to do so.
"Okay Mr. Wonka if you're sure" Charlie new when it came to Willy it was best not to argue with him no matter how unreasonable or confusing it seemed. for he also new Willy Wonka was not some one who would let himself be read like a book.
"I'm sure Charlie, now go on scoot!" and with that Willy continued to lead Angie who didn't really know how to respond to the previous conversation down the passageway as Charlie turned saying a quick "good-bye I'll be back soon!" to Angie and ran off the opposite direction.
Leaving him amazed at how well Willy seemed to be warming up to Angie, as now knowing wonka for a year it was pretty obvious for Charlie to see she were no longer categorized as 'a potential danger' in wonka's mind she were now only a 'friendly stranger' to him…..which was better then being known as a 'potential danger'.
With this thought, still rolling around in his head he ran back into the elevator and headed off towards the candy meadow ware his house was located, planning to go strait back to Angie and Wonka after informing his family on what was going on surely they would understand and let him go back or…..so he thought.
