Chapter 6: Mike Teavee

RECAP:We walked to a glass elevator.***

Willy went up to the elevator and pressed a button making it open up with a ding, "I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. The elevator is by far the most efficient way to get around the factory." I giggled at the tone of realization and he gave me a playful glare.

"There can't be this many floors." Mike still rudely said, as I walked in and stood next to, Willy. I don't know how he was able to keep his cool, I was ready to pop.

"How do you know, Mr. Smartypants" Willy said annoyed, I sighed at this but yet he still continued, "this isn't just an ordinary up and down elevator, by the way, this elevator can go sideways, longways, slantways, and any other way you can think of. You just press any button" he end happily which was a huge reliever, but then he pressed a button, "and, whoosh, you're off."

The elevator began to move so quickly, gravity took its toll and I ended up in, Willy's arms. He slid his arms around my waist and kept my back to his chest while, I held onto Charlie.

"Oh, look! look" willy smiled pointing to the huge mountain, " ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Fudge Mountain!". We all looked at the Oompa Loompa's mining the mountain, they stopped and waved. I waved back and they smiled.

"I think they like you, Alice. A lot of Oompa Loompa's say your pretty and really nice." Willy whispered in my ear, which made me smile and nod.

We left and entered a hall that showed pink sheep getting shaved. Willy smiled but it didn't last long, "oh! I'd rather not talk about this one." He became uncomfortable, so I snuggled closer to him, which really made him happy. If he's happy then i'm happy.

We left and entered a huge room that looked like a hospital and there was things in the bed that were not people or Oompa Loompa's. I looked up at him curiously, "what's this for?".

"This is the puppet hospital and burn center." I saw a nurse Oompa Loompa pushing a cart with a burned doll on it. It kinda looked creepy.

"It's relatively new" Willy laughed nervously. Then we were jerked forward but Willy kept my balance and so I kept my hold on Charlie.

"Ah, the administration offices. Hello, Doris" Willy smiled and waved, she waved back. Suddenly, we were going down a weird way and there was fireworks and explosions, which I loved but was kind of scared by.So Willy would whisper sweet nothing into my ear, when he felt me tense up.

"Why is everything here completely pointless?" Mike being the little twat he is.

"Candy doesn't have a point." Charlie started and we both said but I whispered, "that's why it's candy...". Willy looked really proud and happy. I whispered, "I told him that when he was little". Willy kissed my cheek quickly, but something that, Mike said really made by blood boil.

"It's stupid! Candy is a waste of time." Mike said angry and all I wanted to do was kick him out of this factory, for his behavior and his father does nothing! I looked up and saw Willy was having a horrible flashback.

I held onto him and tried to pull him out of this state but it didn't do a thing. Until, he finally jerked back and looked at me with a sad smile, I kissed his lips as everyone was distracted. We stopped and I leaned on him until a certain gamer boy turned to Willy rudely, "I want to pick a room." he demanded, Willy smiled and I know that smile, something was up, "go ahead."

Mike looked at the buttons and pressed, Television room. Of course, TV is his life. So we were taken towards the room. The doors open revealing a completely white room with white suited Oompa Loompa's.

"Here, put these on quickly and don't take them off whatever you do." Willy put it on me and then himself. I blushed red because it showed how much he cared about me.

"This light could burn your eyeballs right out of your skulls and we certainly don't want that, now do we?" Willy was being dead serious about this. I kind of already miss his touch, it felt so nice when he held me, like there was sparks.

We followed him as he made a speech about this room, "This is the testing room, for my every lastest and greatest invention. Television chocolate, one day it occurred to me: Hey, if television can break up a photograph into millions and millions of tiny little pieces and send it whizzing through the air then reassemble it on the other end.  Why can't I do the same thing with chocolate? Why can't I send a real bar of chocolate through the television set, all ready be eaten?" Willy finished, he was starting to come out of his shell.

We saw an Oompa Loompa watching tv and was flicking through the channels.

"It sounds impossible" Mike's father said astonished.

And of course, Mike has to jump in and be rude, "it is impossible, you don't understand anything about science. First off, there's a difference between waves and particles, duh! Second, the amount of power it would take to covert energy into matter, would be like nine atomic bombs." and all I was thinking, please kill me.

Willy snapped, "Mumbler! Seriously... I can not understand a single word you are saying." he calmed down at the end because I may have kissed his neck quickly when I was hidden behind him.

He smiled, "okey dokey, I shall send a bar of chocolate from one end of the room, to the other by television." he smiled and looked at me and his eyes told me that he would get me back later and so I looked down but saw a small bulge forming which made me blush again.

"Bring in the chocolate!" Willy yelled, as the Oompa Loompa's brought in the huge chocolate bar and placed it on the platform. We were behind the control panel.

"It's gotta be real big, 'cause you know how on TV you can film a regular sized man and he comes out looking this tall. Same basic principle." Willy motioned with his hand, then pressed a big red button.

A clear tube moved down and the chocolate bar started to float up until there was a flash of white, which caused me to flinch. Then I looked up, the giant chocolate bar was gone! I was astonished which made a very happy Willy.

"It's gone!" Charlie exclaimed astonished too.

"Told you, that bar of chocolate is now rushing through the air above our heads in a million tiny little pieces. Come over here, come on, come on, come on." Willy quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me to where he was going, which was to the big screen tv.

"Watch the screen, here it comes." Willy seemed so impatient, it was cute. Oops, don't tell willy I said that.

Willy had the biggest smile on his face, "look!" he pointed out. The chocolate appeared were the wall was supposed to be.

Willy nudged Mike, "take it." but Mike counter backed an excuse, "It's just a picture on a screen." Willy being the child he is, "scaredy cat, you take it." he nodded to Charlie, " go on, just reach out and grab it."

Charlie went forward and his hand went into the screen, He pulled out the,Wonka Bar from the screen.

"Oh my...." I was lost for words at this point.

"Eat it, go on. It'll be delicious." Willy persuaded and I leaned close to his ear, "of course it will be, it's your chocolate". Willy smiled and turned to Charlie and continued, "it's the same bar, it's just gotten a little smaller on the journey , that's all." Willy reassured as Charlie opened up the bar. Willy made a biting motion which was so child like, he be a great father- wait what!?! no time to think about that!

Charlie took a bite, "it's great". I smiled and nodded, Willy turned and motioned to the chair, "so imagine you're sitting at home, watching television, and suddenly a commercial will flash onto the screen. A voice will say: 'Wonka's chocolate are the best in the world. If you don't believe us, try one for yourself.' And you simply reach out and take it. How about that?" Willy told making many motion and being cocky.

"So can you send other things. Say like, breakfast cereal?" Mike's father asked nicely unlike his son.

"Do you have any idea what breakfast cereal made of? It's those little curly wood shavings, you find in pencil sharpeners." Willy sassed, oh my.

"But could you send it by television, if you wanted to? Charlie being really curious.

"'Course I could" Willy politely replied.

"What about people" Mike intervened looking directly at Willy.

"Well, why would I want to send a person? They don't taste very good at all." Willy asked curious by what Mike meant.

"Don't you realize what you've invented? It's a teleporter! It's the most important invention in the history of the world and all you think about is chocolate." Mike yelled angry and his father actually did something about it, " calm down, Mike. I think Mr. Wonka knows what he's talking about".

I smiled but it soon went away when I heard mike again, "No, he doesn't. He has no idea, you think he's a genius, but he's an idiot, but i'm not". he sound so disgusted and angry.

Mike ran and his father just watched having no idea what to do. Mike ran and pushed two Oompa Loompa's out of the way. I quickly went over and helped them up, they smiled thanking me. I smiled back and went back to Willy, which he praised me for helping them. Soon we saw Mike heading to the control panel.

"Hey, little boy... Don't push my button" Willy warned but Mike didn't listen. He ran pushed the button with his foot and jumped, landing on the platform. Mike's father runs up to watch as his son floats in mid air, then the flash of white happens and now Mike is gone

"He's gone" Mike's father uttered in disbelief.

Willy turned and said, "Let's go check the television, see what we get." So we all went to the television, "I sure hope no part of him gets left behind."

"What do you mean?" Mike's father clearly worried and panicking.

"Well, sometimes only half the little pieces find their way through", Willy explained. If Willy and I have kids i'm not letting them in here- wait! No it's to early to be thinking like that, Alice!

Willy being Willy asked a dumb question, "If you had to choose only one half of your son, which one would it be?" My goodness... Willy are you serious? So, I tugged on his hand.

"What kind of question is that?!" Mike's father panicked more.

"No need to snap. Just a question." Willy said realizing what he asked and then turned to the Oompa Loompa sitting in the chair, " Try every channel. I'm starting to feel a little anxious".

So the Oompa Loompa did as he was told.

"There he is!" I pointed out and Mike's father whispered, "Mike!".

Oompa Loompa's started to sing and dance.

The most important thingThat we've ever learnedThe most important thing we've learnedAs far as children are concernedIs never, never let them near a television setOr better still just don't install the idiotic thing at all(Never, never let them, never, never let them)

It rots the senses in the headIt kills imagination deadIt clogs and clutters up the mindIt makes a child so dull and blind(So dull and blind, so dull and blind)

He can no longer understandA fairytale in fairyland(In Fairyland, in Fairyland)His brain becomes as soft as cheeseHis thinking powers rust and freezeHe cannot think he only sees(He only sees, he only sees)

Regarding little Mike TeaveeWe very much regret that we (regret that we)Shall simply have to wait and seeWe very much regret that weShall simply have to wait and seeIf we can get him back to sizeBut if we can'tIt serves him right

Mike gets smashed by the folder and Willy quickly says, "ew! Someone grab him." Mike is yelling help me.

Mike's father reaches in and pulls, Mike out.

"Oh, thank heavens. He is completely unharmed," Willy relaxes a bit until Mr. Teavee shouts, "unharmed? What are you talking about?"

We all looked at mike as he spoke squeaky, " just put me back in the other way."

"There is no other way. It's television, not telephone. There's quite a difference". Willy informed boredly.

"And what exactly do you propose to do about it?" Mr. Teavee snapped, he shouldn't have snapped at Willy, it was Mike's fault!!!

Willy sort of shakes his head, "I don't know, but young men are extremely springy; they stretch like mad."

"What about the taffy puller?" I said looking at them and Willy gasped turning to me, " what a wonderful idea, Alice! The taffy puller it is".

"Taffy puller?!?" Mr. Teavee freaked.

Willy made a little joke, " hey, that was her idea". I laughed a little which made Willy smile, " boy, is he gonna be skinny, yeah, taffy puller."

Willy turns to the sitting Oompa Loompa and asks, "I want you to take Mr. Teavee and his... little boy up to the taffy puller, okay? Stretch him out".

The Oompa Loompa bowed and dragged both of them out, to the taffy puller. Almost, getting Willy, he took a breath and said, "on with the tour." They started powering down everything, as we walked to the glass elevator.

"There still so much left to see." Will explained while walking,taking off his glasses and asked turning to us "now, how many children are left?'.

I smiled, "Willy, Charlie is the only one left now".

Willy looked at me then Charlie, "you mean you're the only one left?"

Charlie whispered smiling, "yes.."

"What happen to the other?" Willy was still in disbelief. Than smiled like the cheshire cat, "Oh, my dear boy! That means you've won! Oh, I do congratulate you, I really do. I'm absolutely delighted. I had a hunch, you know, right from the beginning. Well done!" Charlie stopped him and nodded to me, Willy quickly picked me up and spun me around and kissed all over my face, "you know, i've always liked you even when I met you outside the factory many years ago". I gasped, "that was you?". He nodded happily and I kissed him full on then stopped, when Charlie cleared his throat.

"Sorry" I whispered and Charlie nodded. Willy let go and said, "ok now, mustn't dilly or dally because we have an enormous number of things to do before the day's out. But luckily for us." Willy kept rambling and was over excited, was heading towards the glass elevator without looking.

"Uh willy!" As I said that, Willy ran straight into the glass elevator.

Hey guys! Hoped you like it! I know it seems to be almost over but I have a lot planned, so stay tuned. Thanks for reading!-Old Times Lover