"Hi, my car broke down a little way away... could I use your phone to call for help?" He asks.
Peach glanced at Mr. Green now and then.
Wadsworth discussed with the others, then they stepped aside to let the motorist inside. He then got confused when the motorist asked where 'it' was, and Wadsworth thought he was talking about the body and quickly stammered. "There's no body... Nobody... There's nobody in the study!"
The motorist looked weirded out a little. Wadsworth then took the motorist to another room where the telephone was and shut the doors behind him, locking them.
Mr. Green decided to check on the butler, but the other man let out a scream of surprise. "Sorry..." he muttered.
"You still got that key?" Lavender asked.
"Oh, do you still wish for me to throw it away?" Wadsworth asked the party.
Everyone agreed. Peach looked pale still. Wadsworth then opened the front door again and threw the key into the rain. Peach was still holding onto her friend for support.
Lavender cooed to her. "It's okay... I'm right here..."
"Well, I could use a drink." Mustard spoke up.
Peach smiled weakly at her friend. The others went to get a drink with the colonel.
"Just keep calm and think about something that makes you happy..." Lavender attempted to be like a masseuse. "Like... I dunno... Umm... I'm alive and well..." She smiled to her friend.
"Yeah..." Peach smiled again, still a weak smile but brighter.
Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth had a very confusing debate about whether someone was in the house or not.
"Watch this, this is kinda funny." Lavender pointed to the men.
Peach watched, smiling again a little.
"Sorry, I meant no meaning yes." Wadsworth explained to the mustached man with a small, snide smile.
Lavender had an amused smirk as she glanced back to Peach. Mrs. White merely blinked as she stood by the fireplace. Peach giggled quietly. The debate continued.
"PLEASE!" Mrs. White shrieked, her glass shattering against the fireplace, this was too much for her.
Lavender looked up to her.
"Stop..." Mrs. White tried to calm herself down.
Peach flinched at the sudden shout.
"We should split up by pairs and look for anything suspicious." Lavender suggested.
"Brilliant idea," Wadsworth remarked to that.
Yvette was afraid to go alone, Plum and Mustard offered to go with her, but Green flat-out declined.
"I choose Miss Peach." Lavender already took custody of her.
"We'll draw straws." Wadsworth told them already with his own plan, ignoring Lavender's wishes of being with Peach despite them already being close before the party.
They followed him to the kitchen and when he finished preparing them they all picked a straw. Wadsworth handed everyone a straw and suggested that they all go in different rooms based on the length of their straws. Lavender and Peach got nervous as they picked theirs, unfortunately for them, their straws were different sizes and they had to go somewhere else with someone else. Peach looked for who she would be paired with. She was incredibly nervous.
"Well, looks like it's you and me..." Wadsworth remarked with a small grin which seemed overwhelming to her then.
Lavender was going with Mrs. White. Colonel Mustard had Miss Scarlet. Mr. Green had Yvette, despite being a man, he felt very unlucky in his situation. Professor Plum had Mrs. Peacock, much to her horror. Peach blinked. She looked pretty pale. However the straws had decided. Mustard looked at Scarlet. The others split up as suggested.
Wadsworth was going to the attic with Miss Peach, looking down at her as they walked and the others went their separate ways. "That friend of yours is interesting..."
Peach glanced at him. "Yes, she's my best friend." she says softly. She luckily was able to walk by herself, with very few wobbles.
"Interesting," Wadsworth said as they went along. "She looks a bit taller than you... Is she older than you?"
"No, I'm older." Peach says. She twisted her engagement ring nervously.
"Nice..." Wadsworth remarked, keeping her close, then caught something in the corner of his eye and looked down to see the engagement ring.
Peach looked nervous and blushed. The ring was obviously a Wonka ring, it had Wonka nerds in the gem part.
"I guess you won a golden ticket, eh?" Wadsworth inspected the ring.
Peach looked nervous, but didn't move her hand in case he tightened his. "Lavender did... I was the adult to go with her..." she says quietly.
"Interesting..." Wadsworth sounded obsessed with 'Miss Peach's' connection with Willy Wonka himself.
Peach gave a gentle gulp. "I hope I can live long enough for the wedding... I don't want to die here." she whimpers.
"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that..." Wadsworth grinned eerily.
Peach looked at him with wide eyes. "What do you mean?" She asks softly.
"That Mr. Wonka fell in love with a fair maiden."
Peach moved her hand away nervous. "Thank you." she says though blushed, due to the compliment.
"You must feel pretty lucky, eh?"
Peach gave a small smile. "Yes, I never believed Willy would ever fall for me, or anyone for that matter." she says softly.
Wadsworth continued to smile as he kept something in his pocket, but he didn't unleash it just now. "I always loved those Everlasting Gobstoppers... I wonder how he gets them to last forever..."
Peach looked at him. "It's a secret." she says, a small smile on her face.
"Oh, of course it would be..." Wadsworth chuckled. He seemed to have the black leather gloves on his hands now as he heard the front doorbell go off which gave him an unimpressed look on his face. "Now, let's see how good you are at keeping quiet and not just keeping secrets from the candy man himself, huh?" He sounded devious all of the sudden.
Peach looked at him, scared then. "What?" She asks softly. She looked like she was going to run to the others.
Mrs. White looked at Lavender.
Lavender looked back. "You look very pretty. Are you an aristocrat?"
Mrs. White nodded her head.
White and Lavender came to the doors, there were separate doors going in.
"I guess we'll try the other doors?" Lavender suggested. "I'll take this one."
Mrs White looked nervous. "I'll take the other." she says.
"Do you want me to go in with you?" Lavender sensed that Mrs. White looked on the edge.
"Both check together?" Mrs. White makes sure.
"Okay..." Lavender shrugged.
Mrs. White nodded. Lavender and Mrs. White went into the separate doors. The wind was blowing so hard from the rainy weather that one of the windows knocked open and there didn't appear to be any light switches in this room.
"No light-switch." Mrs. White informs.
Lavender was wondering what to do for light and just waved her hands in front of her to feel around in order to go around the place. Mrs. White searched for a light. Lavender put her hands all around, then felt a box-like thing, it wasn't a light switch. She then felt something on a string hit her forehead, but it wasn't painful, it was only a slight tap.
Could that be a string to pull and access a light? White was looking around still. Lavender kept looking, but then the box undid and a Jack-in-the-box demonic clown puppet jumped out and scared both her and Mrs. White. The woman gave a shocked scream. Lavender heard the noise, wondering where it came from, not recognizing the tinkle of the bell. Mrs White held a hand over her chest.
The front door was opened to show a woman dressed like a bellhop at a hotel.
"I am your singing telegram~" the woman smiled and danced, but was suddenly shot dead.
Peach looked with wide eyes and her mouth dropped open as she was going to scream.
Wadsworth quickly covered her mouth, harshly glaring down at her. "Keep quiet unless you want to be next..." he growled lowly into her ear.
Peach whimpered behind his hand. Her eyes were wide. The lights seemed to flash off then, making everyone else in the house very worried and overwhelmed.
"Let's get out of here, candy girl..." Wadsworth said, apparently not so gentle and welcoming like he was earlier that evening.
Peach had to go with him, so no one would know it was him and that she had had to watch.
"Now keep quiet..." Wadsworth reminded her. "We wouldn't want your 'best friend' to leave tonight without you, now would you?"
Peach shook her head, looking down. She bit her lip and tried to at least step away from him.
"Now keep your mouth shut." Wadsworth told her sharply.
Something suspenseful was happening now, Scarlet and Mustard were heard freaking out.
That was when everyone came back together and ran, however, Wadsworth and Mr. Green had run into each other, knowing the other down hard on the floor. Must have been a major coincidence or karma on Wadsworth's part for holding Miss Peach hostage like that. Peach helped Mr. Green up. Her eyes showed her fear, though her face was calm. The others, except for Lavender rushed down, not even bothering with Mr. Green.
"Where's Miss Scarlet and Colonel Mustard?" Lavender wondered.
Peach helped him up and to keep up appearances helped Wadsworth up.
"Let us out!" Miss Scarlet shouts.
"Let us out!" Colonel Mustard added.
"Let us in!" Mr. Green called since the door was locked.
Wadsworth noticed the key was gone, therefore they couldn't go in. Lavender saw Yvette had the gun and shot at the lock, which made Mustard cry out.
"Come on out, zhe door ees open!" Yvette called to Scarlet and Mustard.
Peach looked at Wadsworth, giving a small scowl. Scarlet opened the door. Wadsworth glanced at her back. Peach took a step towards Lavender.
"You all really must watch where you're going!" Wadsworth nearly scolded the two of them, but they didn't do anything.
"We've done nothing, Mr. Wadsworth!" Lavender yelled back, a little stabbed on the inside for his retort.
Wadsworth snorted, then walked off with the party. Peach hugged Lavender. She was trembling. Lavender merely glared at Wadsworth.
"You need to go easy on that thing!" Mustard glared at Yvette. "You shot me! I could've been killed! I can't take anymore scares!"
Suddenly, the chandelier dropped right behind him, shattering instantly into pieces. Peach jumped away, even though it was her friend she was hugging, with a startled scream. She had had too much emotion for a little and fainted.
Lavender kept Peach steady, trying to keep a firm hold on her, she had never seen the girl faint before. "Oh, dear..."
"Neither can she apparently." Scarlet scoffed about Peach.
Peach would've felt hurt or annoyed by Miss Scarlet had she been fully conscious. Wadsworth seemed to disappear from the crowd. Luckily for him, nobody noticed.
Lavender did her best to take Peach to a clean couch and Mr. Green helped her since everyone else was a bit too selfish to do so. "Did you two find anything interesting?" she asked Mustard and Scarlet.
"We found a secret passageway... You remember that motorist we saw?" Scarlet asked.
"What happened to the motorist?" Mrs. White asked.
"He's dead now... The wrench was beside him..." Scarlet answered gravely. Another murder.
Mrs. White looked shocked. Mustard looked worried.
Peach was laid on the clean couch. Her system had had a 'beating' of emotion, no wonder it needed to recuperate.
Lavender and Green looked down to the girl.
"Does she do this often?" Green asked.
"No, she's never done this before..." Lavender answered with deep concern.
Before anyone else could think of something, the doorbell rang. Everyone instantly froze, terrified of what their next move should be. The doorbell rang again.
Lavender broke the heart pumping silence. "I'll get it."
The others came with her, except Peach who was still out of it.