A/N: Thank-you SO inexplicably much to my reviewers! Because you asked nicely, here it is…and I promise I'll update sooner!
Isadora reached into her satchel for a flashlight. She turned it on and pointed the beam in front of them so they could see. The office that lay in front of them was massive-a large secretarial desk containing a computer, a small filing cabinet, and more drawers than anyone cared to count. Across from that was Nero's expansive ornate wooden desk, equipped with the same. Klaus and Isadora nervously walked over to Nero's desk.
"What's he got in here?" Klaus asked, opening a drawer.
Isadora stared at the contents for a moment, skimming the headlines of articles. "Wow," she exhaled. "It's just the entertainment section for the worst newspaper on the planet."
Klaus wasn't quite convinced. Digging deeper, he pulled out a file folder with an eye insignia sketched roughly on its cover. He opened the folder and looked inside. The two gasped in awe of the contents.
"Oh my God!" Isadora half-whispered in disbelief. "Disguise training? And these letters…Oh! This one's from L.! And J's letter to…J? Who's he? And here's another of L.'s letters-hey, there's a screenplay attached to it…"
"Zombies in the Snow," Klaus mused as he read the title. "I saw that with my Uncle Monty."
"I saw it, too," said Isadora. She looked over the rest of the documents in the folder. "What would Nero want with the V.F.D. building committee's transcript?" Klaus turned to look at something else in the expansive office as Isadora slipped the folder secretly into her bag.
All of a sudden, the two children heard footsteps coming down a set of stairs. Before they could see who the steps belonged to, someone shouted "There! By the desk! Get them!" Klaus and Isadora only had a millisecond to run for the door, but Nero was quicker, diving on top of Isadora and drawing a knife. Carmelita Spats, holding Sunny, tacked Klaus and prevented him from calling anyone for help.
A/N: Oooh! Another cliffhanger! Please review, and I'll give you an even longer chapter. Sorry for the shortness!