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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jan 22, 2006 17:21:51 GMT -5
"Yes!" Violet yelled excitedly, then calmed down as she noticed Allegra motion for her to be quiet.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 22, 2006 17:22:14 GMT -5
"Aunt Josephine! Yes, we've been there."
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jan 22, 2006 17:45:30 GMT -5
"Did you know...." Violet started, but then she stopped. "Did you know......" She could not bring herself to speak of the horrible man chasing them.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 22, 2006 17:50:17 GMT -5
Klaus finished her thought. "Do you know of a Count Olaf?"
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Post by Melosa on Jan 22, 2006 21:33:30 GMT -5
Allegra shuddered. "Darn right, I do. That's why I brought you here. This place is like the Bermuda Triangle. You can come in with a compass and think you're going the right way, but you get all turned around. I'm with V.F.D, and we're standing right on top of their base." She motioned the Baudelaires closer. "We have to dive below the pond surface to reach the entrance. Can you swim?"
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 23, 2006 16:12:50 GMT -5
Klaus nodded. His mind was reeling with questions. He resolved to ask Allegra when they arrived wherever they were going.
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Post by Melosa on Jan 23, 2006 16:56:19 GMT -5
Soon, the three Baudelaires and Allegra stood dripping inside the secret entrance. Allegra fished a locket from out of her T-shirt, Openeing, she held it out to the Baudelaires. Inside were two tiny pictures of a man and a woman. "do you know these people?" Allegra said.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 23, 2006 17:03:32 GMT -5
"Our parents!" Klaus realized, but kept his mouth shut, letting her finish.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jan 23, 2006 18:28:31 GMT -5
Violet was in awe. Were their parents, like her long-lost sister, alive?
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 23, 2006 18:29:16 GMT -5
"What do you know about these people? They are our parents!" Klaus asked.
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Post by Hanna Squalor on Jan 23, 2006 18:38:43 GMT -5
"I know they had no taste in clothes." Esme said coming up from behind having followed the children.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 23, 2006 18:42:11 GMT -5
Klaus whirled around and punched Esme in the head. He wasn't normally a violent person, but she just made him so mad.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jan 23, 2006 18:44:07 GMT -5
Violet whipped out some sudden Kung Fu moves.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 23, 2006 18:45:33 GMT -5
Klaus turned to Allegra. "Open the door before she wakes up, please."
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Post by Melosa on Jan 23, 2006 20:49:41 GMT -5
Allegra smiled. "Nice work!" she said. She pushed open the door and led them into the buzzing nerve center of V.F.D.
Sunny's mouth fell open. "Wow."
Allegra gestured around her. "This is where it all happens. Everything that V.F.D. stands against, we fight against from here. This is our main war room. Tactical displays, communications networks, even computers for professional hackers. This is the brain of V.F.D." She took a deep breath.
"Mom and Dad were two of the top operatives in the field. On their last mission, they had to retrieve a potentially deadly virus from a lab in the Himalayas. The virus was a distant cousin to the Medusoid Mycelium, but back then, they had an antidote for it. Anyway, no one knows if they somehow contracted the virus, or if the creator of it had them destroyed. All we know is that the entrance to the virus's creator's lab was guarded by these creatures of special genetic construction, called Ghrishtah Guardians. That's why I brought you here. Klaus, you're going to help our biogenentic researchers with finding the DNA structure of these things. Violet, your assignment is to analyse the weapons the Guardians use and invent something to counteract them. Sunny, you can help me at my communications console."
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