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"So the Beauregarde's are back and have proven that over the course of forty years, they still show no regard," Charlie said with a stern facial expression.
The Beauregarde's glared at the chocolatier as he walked closer towards them.
"Violet, long time no see. Though I personally would have preferred not to see you. However, it does prove to me that surprises can really be just around the corner." Charlie continued, looking at Samatha as he spoke.
"Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't one defeat enough for you?" Charlie continued sarcastically. "Or could you not resist coming back for more?"
Violet rolled her eyes, scoffing in disbelief. "Everyone knows that I should have won the special prize!"
Charlie shook his head in disagreement, letting Violet carry on with her rant.
"The minute I walked through the entrance I could tell Wonka could sense I had all the qualities needed to be his heir, he knew I was that champion. So why did he have to throw it all away and pick a loser like you!"
"Maybe he wanted someone who shared his love for candy, instead of someone who was only in it to show off her victory to the public." Charlie retorted, insulted that Violet would say such a thing. But knowing her, he shouldn't he have been too surprised.
Violet let out a dangerous growl before marching over to the chocolatier until her face was only a few inches away from his. Samantha could only stand and stare as her mother began to shout in Charlie's face.
"Listen, you may have won the factory, but you most certainly haven't won the battle Bucket! I was so close to gaining the factory for Samantha and myself, though I'm not so sure I could have put up with your presence every day."
Charlie remained silent as Violet clearly had more to say to him. Doing his best to stay calm throughout her shouting session.
"You and I both know that I'm the only true winner here, and this factory would have been mine if Wonka hadn't given me that ghastly gum!"
Charlie's calm facial expression immediately turned into one of rage. "He didn't give it to you, you took it into your own hands and shoved it in your mouth!" Charlie argued.
Violet's eyes widened at the fact that Charlie had dared to fight back. Her facial expression soon returned to the glare she had been holding for quite a while.
"He didn't do anything to stop me," Was all Violet said in response.
He did warn you, Charlie thought to himself before returning his focus onto the rather violet, Violet.
"At first I thought he liked me, given the fact he said my high levels of confidence were the key to my success. Plus I showed far more of an interest than any of the other 'winners'." Violet did air quotes when calling the other ticket finders winners.
"But what did I get in return?! I was transformed into a big, bulging blueberry without even as much as a minuscule amount of concern from Mr. Wonka!" Violet continued.
Charlie sighed as he replied with a fed up sentence of, "You brought all that on yourself. You ignored Mr. Wonkas warnings despite, him and even my own Grandpa Joe telling you to spit it out. But your boastful and vicious competitiveness got in the way of any common sense entering your head that obeying Mr. Wonka wouldn't have been such a bad idea."
Violet scowled at the chocolatier while Samantha gave him a disbelieving look.
The blue woman suddenly walked a step closer towards Charlie, half a grin threatening to spread across her lips.
"You know I had secretly hoped that Mr. Wonka was still around so I could get my revenge, but since he's not, you shall do instead."
Samantha smiled upon hearing that sentence, Violet turned to give her daughter a smile in return.
"You see my skin may be blue but I did develop increased flexibility, and I'm sure you're aware that I was always quite skilled when it came to karate. But now you shall come face to face with it, at full pelt!"
All of a sudden Violets left leg swung out of nowhere as she aimed for Charlie's face, which he had been lucky enough to dodge.
"Go for it mom!" Samantha cheered as Violet prepared to kick the chocolatier a second time.
However just as she was about to get that swing just right, a pair of Oompa Loompas entered the room, with something behind them which wasn't visible. Violet was the first one to toss her head towards the cause of the interruption.
"Charlie, two of the eight remaining guests are here." One of the Oompa Loompas informed while the other kept looking behind him, towards the door.
"Bring them in," Charlie said, gesturing for the Oompa Loompas to get them inside. After hearing Charlie's latest orders Violet made sure she was nowhere to be seen. On the other hand, Samantha decided to make an appearance.
Just before the two guests entered, Charlie turned to give Samantha a look which could have said, now it's time to get a good look at what you've done.
Once Samantha had seen the look Charlie gave her, she was soon distracted by the door opening at it's fullest. Revealing Mandy and Judy Perkins both caked in sticky toffee and shuffling like penguins as they found it difficult to walk.
The sticky toffee substance hung off their clothes, their tiger fur coats having caught the worst of it. To add to their discomfort whenever they walked a squelching noise could be heard as the toffee separated itself from their legs, then being stuck back together once the had stopped moving. Their arms were a different matter as they seemed to be glued down to their sides, therefore being unable to move. The bottom of Mandy's hair was also covered in sticky toffee along with her mouth, but this time it didn't stop her from talking.
"I better get a new coat after this. In fact, I want two new coats, so you better get them for me!" Mandy shouted, giving her mother a vicious look as her voice echoed across the room.
"Yes, Mandy" Judy replied in a much quieter voice.
"Why have I been brought here? I want to get out of here, NOW!" Mandy bellowed once the Perkins were only a few feet away from Charlie.
"Of course you do!" Judy agreed rather loudly. "And don't you worry Mandy we shall be leaving, just as soon as I sort out money matters with Mr. Bucket!"
Charlie gulped as a hint of fear could be seen in his facial expression. But it was soon not to be the only worry he would be having.
Not too far away muffled shouting could be heard coming towards the door to the nut- sorting room. As the door opened the voice soon became familiar to the chocolatier.
"Stay behind me, Fernando!" Bryant hissed towards his son, just as they were being escorted by two other Oompa Loompas. Glimpses of a white figure trailing behind Bryant could be seen as they both continued to walk towards the chocolatier. Bryant and a hidden Fernando carried on walking over until they were placed next to the Perkins.
Charlie could only squeak as he braced himself for another ear bashing.
"Bucket." Bryant spat. "I did inform you if anything went wrong during the procedure that was meant to help my son that I would sue. So Bucket, you can say goodby to this foul factory of yours, as by the time you have paid me for damages, I can assure you this place will no longer be standing!"
Charlie scratched his head, already seeming defeated without the impact of Bryant's speech.
But once again he was unable to focus on him for too long as the door opened for the third time, but for some reason, it took a while longer than expected. After what seemed like an eternity he was soon greeted to the answer of why it had taken so long.
As Charlie looked to his right he could see that Steven had turned back into a human from the mole rat monstrosity, however, Steven's face was still invaded by heavy wrinkled along with incredibly frail hands, his left hand taking up the job of holding a walking stick. Hence why he was walking at such a slow pace.
Steven's hair was still in its usual style, but now a dark gray color instead of the vibrant blue it used to be. Joseph walked right behind him as did the two Oompa Loompas, who had escorted them to the reversing room.
Once the Fox brothers had been placed next to Bryant and Fernando Cruz, Steven was greeted with some odd looks. Rolling his eyes he let out a brief explanation of what had happened.
"Alright I was sent to the reversing room, and sure it got rid of the mole rat thing. But now I'm seventy years older than I should be!" Steven angrily said, glaring at Charlie as he spoke.
All Charlie could do for a response was sigh deeply, now totally lost at what to do to fix things.
"So Mr. Bucket, I demand to know what you propose to do about this!" Judy snapped as she pointed to hers and Mandy's toffee stained clothes.
"Well I…" was all Charlie was able to say as Bryant hastily interrupted.
"Yes, your problems are very touching, and I assure you your next in line," Bryant sarcastically hissed towards Judy, before turning to the chocolatier. "My son has a very important modeling award ceremony in less than twenty- four hours, and he cannot attend it looking like a bulging blob fish!"
Charlie struggled to come up with a response, shocked at how he had described his son's apparent appearance. But he didn't have to wait too long as Steven suddenly pulled out the walking stick he had to use, which he was then successful enough to grab under Fernando's arm. This caused him to stumble from behind his father before he was exposed to the view of the other guests.
Bryant grimaced in disgust at Fernando as everyone continued to stare at him. His skin was still the same ghostly shade of white since becoming the ball of gas. Along with the change of skin color, Fernando's body and face still remained bloated, which was fairly noticeable as he tried to shuffle away from the others strange looks. Because of how bloated Fernando was, his shirt was barely able to cover his chest, therefor exposing his larger body figure. The fact that some of the buttons from his shirt had disappeared during his incident didn't help his situation.
"You see what I'm seeing Bucket? A fashion fiasco on legs!" Bryant exclaimed with a hint of sadness in his voice, fiercely pointing at Fernando who looked down at the floor in shame.
Samantha winced at Bryant's harsh name calling.
Charlie remained silent as he struggled to find the right words to say.
"Now back to money matters, I shall be sueing due to the fact that my son will now permanently marked by these unfortunate circumstances, meaning that my profits will plummet dramatically!" Bryant continued, his fixed glare on Charlie not softening once during his rant.
"Enough of your pointless rambling!" Judy suddenly interrupted, scowling at Bryant who showed no issues in returning it.
Judy then turned to address the chocolatier. "Mandy and I are not going to let you get away with purposely letting my little girl fall into toffee that resembles quicksand. Therefor I will also be sueing you for over thousands of pounds, as I will not tolerate this kind of monstrosity towards us!"
Charlie sighed as the guests continued to shout, but not just at him.
"Look, lady, my son is a damn slight more important than your snot rag of a child," Bryant said through gritted teeth.
Having heard his comment Judy then snapped her head round to face him.
"How dare you talk about my daughter in such a rude manor!" Judy yelled in retaliation while Mandy gave him one of her cold glares.
"I dare quite easily, as I am the man whose son has been picked to model for various famous magazines and ceremonies" Bryant retorted, earning a scornful laugh from Steven.
"Ha! Whoever was judging that day must have been blind, or had thrown up any traces of common sense that they had ever gained in their lifetime."
Bryant turned his attention towards the now gray - haired boy.
"I didn't ask for your input!" Bryant growled in response, his fists clenched with anger.
"Oh I'm so sorry, next time I'll take extra care not to frazzle your already bruised ego, " Steven said in mock guilt, glancing at Fernando while managing to hold in a smile.
Charlie, Samatha and even Violet still struggled to come up with anything to say. Instead, they could only stand and watch as the remaining guests continue their already heated argument.
"I'll think you'll find that Fernando's modeling days have been cut short," Judy said, smirking as she spoke.
Bryant could only shoot a stern stare at Fernando as if to silently say, are you listening to this boy.
"Now that all the riff -raff has been tossed to the side, we need to discuss more major matters," Judy said, her focus now on Charlie who sighed in remorse.
Listening to their disagreements escalate further, Samantha began to feel a twinge of guilt creeping up on her.
"Not until my boy is back to being able to show himself in the spotlight" Bryant butted in.
"It will take more than a spotlight to make him look any good," Judy commented, grinning when Bryant lost his temper.
"Show me to the exit Bucket, I shall not stand here any longer and be insulted!" Bryant shouted as if he was the victim of all this.
"Oh don't flatter yourself, you could be anywhere and be insulted" Steven sarcastically replied. Bryant snarled in response.
As the arguing show no signs of stopping, Samantha was getting closer to the urge of losing her cool. Even Violet was beginning to feel the impact of the dreadful atmosphere.
"Mother, hurry up and sue him this instant because if I don't get those coats I will never speak to you again!" Mandy demanded as well as stamping her foot to make sure she was heard.
"I cannot bare the fact that this is what will permanently be haunting me every day, I will be forced into hiding for the reminder of my days!" Bryant cried, pointing at Fernando who took a couple of steps backwards as if to disappear entirely.
Steven rolled his eyes out of irritation. "Has it escaped anyone's attention that I have the looks and the body of an 82- year old man!"
The guests all suddenly turned to Charlie at the same time, which proved to be disturbing for the chocolatier himself.
"When I get my way, I will make sure that this factory of yours will be gone within seconds" Judy stated, scowling at Charlie.
"I'll break you for this, just you wait Bucket!" Bryant added.
Steven was the last person to walk up to the chocolatier with folded arms, his eyes darkening when saying, "Why don't I make all this known to the public, see how much people respect the boy who won Wonka's factory then."
Then at that very moment was when Samantha could no longer contain her mixed inner feelings.
"WILL ALL OF YOU, JUST QUIT IT!" Samantha roared, instantly putting a stop to all the arguing as the room went completely silent.
After a few seconds of silence, Judy was the one to break it.
"If your little hissy fit is you attempting to justify what this repulsive man has done to me and my little girl then you are-"
Judy was snappily cut off from finishing her sentence as Samantha unexpectedly blurted out, "Charlie has nothing to justify because it was me who did these things to you all!"
Everyone in the room gasped, including Charlie himself due to the impact of Samantha's sudden revelation.
"You?" Judy questioned, speaking for all the guests as she pointed towards Samantha, who didn't seem at all fazed.
"Yeah" Samantha bluntly replied.
Judy then scowled at her."And just what were you hoping to achieve from these inconveniences?"
"Because I thought you all needed taking down a peg or two," Samantha said, making sure she took her time to look at each and every person standing in front of her.
Bryant was next to approach her, but less calmly.
"So you are the reason Fernando is now painfully hideous to look at," Bryant growled.
Samantha shamelessly nodded.
"I do hope you realize the consequences your actions have caused for me, you unruly child!" Bryant then walked a few steps closer towards Samantha, his fists clenched as if to control his seething anger. "Now that I'm aware of your deeds, I am going to make you pay Claudia Smith!"
Samantha laughed at Bryant's expense. "You know your son may be scared of you but I'm not, so back off!" Samantha retaliated, shoving him away. She then added with a grin, " for your information, my names Samantha."
He along with the others all gave her a weird look in response.
Once Bryant had walked away to join Fernando, Samantha looked over at Steven who stared back at her.
"Turns out you were right about me" was all Samantha had to say, grinning slightly as Steven frowned.
"Yeah well, it only took a fool to make your plan succeed" Steven replied while turning to look at his brother, who guiltily sighed.
Samantha let out a small smirk as if she was thinking, you were the fool.
Her smirk soon vanished as the guests began to shout numerous things at her, that was until something unexpected decided to step in.
"If you want to pick a fight with someone, try me" Violet suddenly said in a loud voice, just before revealing herself which earned her a mixture of gasps and stares, as they absorbed the sights of a completely blue woman.
"A human blueberry?!" Mandy shrieked straight after Violet's reveal.
"Yes you have observed correctly" Violet replied with a hint of awkwardness in her voice before adding, "but I have also observed all of you."
"What do you mean?" Judy questioned suspiciously.
"Well, none of you lot are exactly what Charlie had in mind for his heir, just as I wasn't what Wonka wanted."
Violet looked over to Charlie for a split second who awkwardly looked back. She then turned to address the guests.
"Like Charlie, I was also lucky enough to win one of five golden tickets, and although my fatal flaw was pointed out to me by singing, I feel that I should be the one to break yours to you."
For once none of the guests spoke as none of them knew what to say.
"I'll start with you" Violet stated, walking up to the Perkins. "You always go first don't you."
"You both remind me of the other female ticket winner, Veruca Salt. I could say she and your daughter are almost identical." Violet focused her gaze on Mandy as she spoke.
Judy did a double take when hearing her name. "Veruca? Are you trying to call us warts!" Judy exclaimed moments later, grabbing Violet's attention.
"No. But what I am trying to say is that spoiling your daughter by providing her with everything her heart desires, is going to screw you over in the long run."
Violet let out small sigh before continuing.
"Veruca's father was like you. Giving into each and every one of his daughter's demands, no matter the cost or what it could lead to in the future. She like Mandy wanted a golden ticket, and indeed she got one, but what she and her foolish father didn't expect was to get a life lesson. So long story short, Veruca wanted a squirrel who didn't share her desire to be one of many pets, which lead to her along with her father being tossed into the garbage shoot, deemed as bad nuts."
Both Mandy and Judy's eyes widened for a split second.
"But it doesn't end there. When they had finally been able to escape the garbage chute Mr. Salt had decided it was time to discipline his daughter. At first he was determined to change his daughter's attitude for the better, but when Veruca rebelled, the pushover of a father he had always been soon came back to bite him. Things went from bad to worse as Veruca got older, demanding for more and more which could sometimes cost more money than what their nut factory was earning. They ended up losing their business and everything else they had, all because Mr. Salt had given into his wart of a daughter's demands."
Violet looked at Judy, in particular, one more time before walking towards Bryant.
"You." She began. "Perfectly portray mine and my mother's relationship when I was Fernando's age."
Violet took a deep breath before continuing, flashbacks to those days clearly having an effect on her.
"Like my mother, you only see your child as something to show off in front of a camera, and when the cameras are turned off, your pride in your son does the same. I mean what is he, your dog? If he gets something right he gets a treat, if not he gets punished, also, like how my mother treated me. It was only when I found the third ticket that my mother really took an interest in my achievements, even though she did scold me for failing to be the first to find a ticket."
"Why should any of this concern me?" Bryant firmly interrupted, his arms folded as tightly as his will to listen was.
Violet ignored his comment.
"Because I don't want Fernando to go through what I had to. You see even though I was told not to chew this particular piece of gum, I did it anyway because I wanted to make my mom proud. It turned me into a ten- foot tall blueberry, which wasn't what I or mom had in mind when being the first person in the world to try something. "
Violet paused for a second before resuming her speech.
"Luckily for me, I was able to go to the juicing room for treatment, but it didn't treat the fact that my mother no longer wanted anything to do with me. Despite that, she was the one to encourage me to chew it throughout the warnings."
Violet felt her throat close up a tiny bit, gulping when forcing herself to let out her next sentence.
"I did try to put a positive spin on the outcome of my accident, but she wasn't impressed and I certainly wasn't her little champion anymore. It didn't get any better within the following days as I along with the three other brats were all headlines in the news. Even when the chocolate factory drama had eventually faded, my mother continued to block me out, as if I no longer existed in her life. It began with her leaving me home alone for hours, as she was too embarrassed to send me to school. It soon escalated to her disappearing for days without any explanation as to where and why she went. But the last straw for me was when one of her friends told me that she had gotten herself a new boyfriend, but the big shock was that she was pregnant with a little girl…"
Violet trailed off for a second before regaining herself.
"When I found this out I was distraught, so I packed my bags and left before my mom could leave me again."
Violet took a moment to look at the Cruz's to see Fernando with a sorrowful look in his eyes, while Bryant remained unfazed.
"In the end, it was my aunt Peggy who took me into her home and wasn't bothered that my skin was blue, she cared for me no matter what, like a proper parent should."
Charlie gave the blue woman a sad look, as he listened carefully to what she was openly telling everyone in the room.
But before Violet could carry on, Bryant rudely interrupted for the second time.
"Look, I'm sure your life story was as terrible as it sounds, but what you don't understand is-" Bryant was forcefully cut off by Violet, who was now only standing a few inches away from head butting him.
" You know during those years after my unpleasant experience I suffered from many issues, I thought I wasn't worth anything to anyone. I felt that everything was my fault and that my mother had the right to leave me. I didn't see the point in continuing life anymore. However, living with my aunt Peggy got me to realize that I didn't have to live that way. That I still had the chance to make something of my life. But I worry that Fernando won't have someone to do what I was fortunate enough to have."
Violet then leaned into Bryant's ear and whispered, "You have to change your ways, because if you don't I fear your son will feel the impact and go down the same road I did. In the end, it will come back to bite you, especially if he lets your constant berating along with his own misery get the better of him. Do you really want that for your son? You think about that."
Violet then made her way towards Steven and Joseph Fox, leaving Bryant with her last words for him.
"I'm gonna keep it short and simple." Violet began as she was welcomed by Stevens bored facial expression.
"I think the reason why you're so cynical towards everyone including your brother, is because you feel the need to hide behind the sarcasm and rude remarks, to cover up the fact that you don't like your own life that much."
"No, I don't," Steven argued, being the only kid to rebel against Violet's thoughts.
"Look I'm not gonna argue about this, but I do think you need to stop with the insults and realize that you don't need to act that way to gain attention." Violet calmly stated, earning her an eye roll from Steven.
Once Violet had stepped away from the Fox brothers, the room had fallen into a deep silence, as for once nobody had anything to say.
During this unusual occurrence, Samantha had taken the time to watch Charlie and her mother exchange looks from the corner of her eye. She then looked round at all the guests, most of which were doing their best to avoid her gaze by looking elsewhere. Samantha continued to look amongst them, that was until a sudden thought dawned on her.
"Er, guys. I hate to break this rather serene silence but I think you'll find were missing someone" Samantha said, gaining the attention of everyone else in the room.
Some of the guests then proceeded to look around the room. "Who?" Judy asked seconds later.
"That Eleanor girl," Violet answered in a worried tone.
"What happened to her man?" Joseph asked, that being the very question Samantha wanted to avoid answering at all costs.
"She went down some tube, don't know where it went," Steven answered for her. Everyone's eyes then shifted onto her.
Before Samantha could explain herself, the door to the but sorting room suddenly opened, which made the guests turn their attention towards the door. Samantha sighed in relief.
Once she had turned to see what was going on, she along with the others were torn between being confused and nervous when seeing a huge metal tub, that was being carried by a crane, like machine driven by two Oompa Loompas. This was then followed by another Oompa Loompa carrying a square shaped tablet with gloved hands, while another Oompa Loompa, with Eleanor and Fiona walking behind him carried a round yellow pill which had the Wonka symbol in the middle.
"Why is that urchin with them?!" Mandy blurted out, earning herself a scowl from Samantha.
However Eleanor smiled as all she provided as an answer was, "wait and see."
Sure enough, Mandy was the first to find out as the crane that held the metal tub of sloshing liquid approached her and Judy. Moments later both the Perkins screamed as all the transparent fluid splashed over them, instantly removing all the sticky toffee which had previously been stuck to their clothes and themselves.
"What on earth was that?" Judy questioned, which Eleanor was more than happy to answer.
"It's Mr. Bucket's stain removing shake. I figured that if one drop could make a stain disappear, I thought it would have the same effect if a whole tub was poured onto someone covered in something."
Mandy then took a few seconds to look down at herself, to find no traces of the toffee anywhere on her. "It's about time that gunk was off of me, but I still want those coats!" Mandy said straight afterwards.
Eleanor then moved on to Bryant and Fernando, with an Oompa Loompa following closely behind. The Oompa Loompa then gave the square tablet to Eleanor who explained what it was to Fernando.
"This tablet that is designed to make you burp loudly-" Was all Eleanor had the chance to say when Bryant hastily interrupted.
"I don't approve of burping, it's a disgusting thing to do," Bryant said, frowning at Eleanor as he spoke.
"He needs to burp as some of the gas from the fizzy lifting drink is stuck inside him" Eleanor replied, giving Bryant a reassuring smile.
"It won't harm him, I promise" Eleanor added for good measure.
But before he could protest any further, Fernando had already taken the tablet off of Eleanor and placed it into his mouth. He gave her a small smile before he was overtaken by the urge to burp. In less than thirty seconds he let out a huge burp, immediately reversing the ghostly shade of white along with the bloating.
"Merci, er thank you so much, " Fernando said, ignoring his father's stern look.
"Je t'en prie" Eleanor replied in French, impressing Fernando more.
Eleanor then made her way over to Steven with the round yellow tablet given to her by an Oompa Loompa.
"This is one of Mr. Wonka's inventions called the Wonka-vite. It is designed to decrease the age of elderly people so they can be young again."
When Steven gave her a look of disbelief, Eleanor was quick to convince him to take it. "For this particular tablet, I measured the precise amount that you need to turn you back into a twelve - year old."
"Fine," Steven grumbled as he reluctantly took the tablet. Joseph gasped in amazement as he saw his younger brothers slowly turn back into his twelve - year old self. To make sure it was true, Steven looked at his hands which were no longer frail or decorated with wrinkles. He even pulled out a strand of his blue hair to make sure he wasn't being deceived.
Steven raised his eyebrows, which Eleanor took as a silent thank you.
Samantha who had stayed silent all this time took a moment to give Eleanor a small smile as if to also give her a silent thank you but for something much more major.
She was soon snapped out of her thoughts when a good proportion of the guests requested, some not so nicely to be shown out of the factory. But within hearing distance, she could detect that Charlie and one of the Oompa Loompas had other ideas.
"We cannot let them leave like this, otherwise they will have learned nothing from today." The Oompa Loompa told the chocolatier who was unsure of what he was trying to say.
This time it was Charlie who took the task of looking around all the guests, to see Mandy having a go at her mother, Fernando standing as far away from his father as he could get, with his arms folded as if to protect himself from his father. He then looked towards Steven who was glaring right back at him, while his brother seemed to be in a world of his own.
Focusing back onto the conversation with the Oompa Loompa Charlie replied with, "but I don't know how to fix this."
The Oompa Loompa smiled slightly as he said, "well there are a few rooms you haven't shown them yet. Perhaps as an apology, you could treat them to a few extra insights to make up for the inconveniences."
Charle gave him a worried look. "Which rooms would I show them, there are so many they haven't seen."
The Oompa Loompas earlier smile transformed into a mischievous grin as he said, "let's take them to Dessert Island."
Charlie cocked his head as he asked, "hey, what's with the grin?"
"Just go with it, it will all work out in the end" The Oompa Loompa replied with confidence.
"Alright," Charlie whispered before announcing to the guests as an apology he would be showing them a few extra rooms. It had taken some convincing but to his surprise, he had managed to get persuade them to stay a while longer.
As they all assembled themselves to be taken over to Dessert Island, Samantha couldn't help but think something was up, but couldn't put a finger on what it was. However, she was soon distracted by seeing the glass elevator once again in front of her very own eyes.
Samantha took a deep breath as she, along with everyone else prepared for what was ahead of them.
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