A Series of Unfortunate Events One Shots

Memory Lane Part 3

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~Fiona's POV

I eagerly ran into Quigley's room to wake him up and tell him the good news. My stepfather is always up bright and early so I've learned to be the same way over time. Quigley however, has to be woken up most days by either me or Mari. He's happier when it's me though because Mari likes to pour water on his head to wake him up.

"Quigley! Quigley wake up!"

He rolled over and pushed his hair out of his eyes to stare up at me with confusion. "What is it?"

"We're getting a little shore leave!"

"What's shore leave?"

I rolled my eyes. "It means we get to leave the submarine for a while, silly! Now hurry up and get dressed. We're almost there already!" I also added that he could wear something casual instead of his uniform because we'd be leaving soon.

He smiled and got out of bed as I quickly left the room so he could change and so I could gather my things for our short trip. Once Quigley was dressed, he joined me in the library where I was picking out a couple books to take with me.

"So where are we going," Quigley asked rubbing his eyes.

"Every once in a while, the Queequeg stops for maintenance on a V.F.D. owned island far off the coast. It's normally a training facility for new volunteers so there are a lot of people our age around. But it's really nice resort too. My stepfather says he has a meeting with another volunteer named Gustav so he's letting us have a few days at the resort while he works. Mari was trained there, so she knows the place too."

"So they don't train people at the Mortmain Mountains headquarters? Jacques never took me there."

I laughed, "We wouldn't be a very smart organization if we only trained people in one place! I've been to the headquarters a few times; it's mostly a base of operations. We train volunteers wherever we can."

Quigley nodded. "Understandable, so who's Gustav?"

"Gustav Sebald is Dr. Montgomery's assistant," I explained, "He's friends with Jacqueline, the heiress to the Duchess of Winnipeg."

He smiled, "Well I'd love it if you could show me around when we get there."

"I'd be happy to," I replied smiling back at him.

"Get a room."

"Oh my god Mari," I replied looking at the doorway at my friend who was smirking at us. "Leave us alone!"

Mari chuckled evilly, "Whatever you say, boss."

Quigley seemed to find her comment amusing because he was clearly trying not to laugh.

"I don't like him that way. I've been repeating it to myself in my head for just over 2 months now and I have to say... it's working very slowly."

~...

We left the Queequeg parked in the docks with a few other V.F.D. submarines and boats and Quigley followed me as I showed him around the area. Once my stepfather found us the rooms we were going to stay in, we ended up finding Gustav waiting for us in the resort.

He walked first to Quigley and handed him a bag, explaining that it was a gift from Jacques in case Quigley needed some extra clothes.

"Oh well thank you," Quigley replied, "Tell Jacques I said thank you too when you see him again."

Gustav nodded, "You're welcome. It's nice to know he cares about you. Now if you kids will excuse us, the captain and I have some urgent matters to discuss."