103 3: THE DE VIL HOTEL.

~WITH MAX~

Max sat in his seat at the airport, awaiting his brother's arrivel to pick him up, but so far, he hadn't shown up. The teenager had called his older brother to let him know he was at the airport the minute he arrived in London, but the call just went straight to voicemail. Minutes had passed since then, and the boy still hadn't heard back from his brother. He reached into his pocket and got out his cellphone to call to call his brother again.

"Max Henry Frankson, please report outside the airport immediantly. Repeat, Max Henry Frankson, please report outside the airport immediantly." Said the voice of the man on the intercome.

Max stood up, grabbed his rolling suitcase, and walked off to exit the front doors of the airport.

~OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT~

Max walked out of the airport and stopped when he saw a yellow Taxi parked in front of him.

The window to the front passenger door rolled down.

"Hey, is your name Max Henry Frankson?" Asked the male cab driver in a british accent.

"How do you know my name?" Max asked.

"Your brother called the cab company and gave us your name and asked one of us to drive out here to the airport to pick you up." The driver explained.

"Tipicle." Said Max as he rolled his blue eyes.

"Yeah, so...you gettin' in or what?" The driver asked.

"(Sighs)." Max opened the back door of the Taxi and put his suitcase and duffle bag inside on the left before getting inside himself and closing the door. The 12 year old boy sat on the right side of the back seat and put on a seat belt.

The cab driver then drove off to his next destination with the 12 year old boy inside.

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~INSIDE THE HELICOPTER~

Up in the starry night sky, the black and white helicopter sored over London, England as Lois and Moose glanced down through the window at the lit up city.

"Whoa, check it out! The city's huge!" Moose thought to himself.

"We did it, Moose. We're here." Said Lois.

Alonzo turned to the Pilot. "Sir, if you see anything, go up."

"No, i thought i'd keep it to meself." Said the Pilot.

"Miss Richards, if you look out the window, you can see the huge clock tower, Big Ben." Said Alonzo.

Lois and Moose looked out the window and saw a huge clock tower. "Wow! Look at that huge tower! It's bigger than i imagined it!" She quickly reached into her purse and got out a small camera and snapped a picture of the clock tower.

"And if you look out here, you'll see the London Eye-"

"THE LONDON EYE!" Said Lois in excitment. "Oh crumpets!" She and Moose continued to look out the window, searching for the London Eye. "Where is it?! Where? Where?"

Moose then barked three times. "There it is." He thought to himself.

"Whoa." Said Lois as she and Moose gazed down at a huge lit up fairis wheel. "Oh my gosh. There it is. The London Eye." The 20 year old American held her camera up to the window and snapped a picture of the London Eye. "This is amazing."

"Mr. Alonzo, we have the De Vil hotel up ahead. You want me to put her down on the roof on the helicopter pad?" The Pilot asked.

"Yes, please do." Said Alonzo.

Just then, a huge building came into view, and the helicopter sored down from the sky and landed on the roof of the building and landed on a helicopter pad.

The Pilot then shut the helicopter off.

"Well, we're here." Said Alonzo before he exited the helicopter.

Lois picked up Moose and got out of the helicopter and procceeded to get her rolling suitcase.

"Oh, don't worry about your luggage, miss Richards, i'll take that for you." Said Alonzo.

"Are you sure?" Lois asked.

"Of course, ma'dam. That's what butlers are for." Said Alonzo.

"That's so thoughtful of you, Thank you. Thank you so much." Said Lois.

"Yes, you're welcome very much. Now come on, let's hurry on inside, shall we? Right this way, miss." Said Alonzo. He reached inside the back of the helicopter and got out Lois's rolling suitcase and led her over to an elevator. He then pressed the button and the doors opened. "After you." He ushered Lois inside before entering himself. He then pressed button number 1. "Going down." The doors then closed and the elevator went down.

~INSIDE THE HOTEL~

Once the elevator made it to the bottom, the doors opened and Alonzo and Lois stepped out.

"Whoa." Said Lois with her eyes big as saucers. The place they were in was none other than a huge, big and fancy hotel. "Holy cow, look at this place. It's...it's..."

"Big? Huge? Fancy?" Said Alonzo.

"Well...yeah. Hey, where are we anyway? I thought you said you were taking me to the place you rented for me, not some big and fancy hotel." Said Lois.

"We are not even at a hotel." Said Alonzo.

"Now i may have never been to this country, but i do know a hotel when i see one." Said Lois.

"No, my dear, we are somewhere far better than that." Said Alonzo.

"Somewhere better? What could be better than a fancy hotel? What is this place." Asked Lois.

"You'll see." Said Alonzo. He led Lois into the lobby and walked up to the counter and rung a bell that rested on the counter.

An African American man then walked up to the other side of the counter. "Hello. Welcome to The De Vil Hotel, how may i be of service to you?"

"Greetings, Mr. Common. I'm here to admit miss Richards, here, into her suite." Said Alonzo.

"Miss Richards?" Mr. Common questioned.

"Miss Richards. You know, the young lady that miss De Vil made the winner of her contest." Said Alonzo.

"Oh yes, of course. Miss Richards. We've been expecting you. Let me just get your room key." Said Mr. Common. He got out a small white box and opened it, revealing a number of black and white cards. "Okay, let's see." The African man started going through the cards. "Ah-ha. Here you go. Room 103." Said Mr. Common as he picked up one of the cards. He then handed the card to Alonzo. "Alonzo, take miss Richards up to her room, please."

"Thanks, Common. Please follow me, miss Richards." Said Alonzo. He led Lois back over to the elevator and he pressed the button and the doors opened. He and Lois entered into the elevator and Alonzo pressed the number 100 button and the doors closed. The elevator then went up through the building and then stopped on the 100'th floor. Alonzo and Lois stepped out of the elevator. "Well, here we are, miss Richards. The 100'th floor."

"The 100'th floor? How many suites does this building have?" Lois asked.

"103." Said Alonzo.

"Seriously? 103 rooms?" Lois said.

"Yes. You see, each floor has 10 suites, so the number is 1-103." Said Alonzo.

"Really? All of the floors?" Lois asked.

"Actually, the first floor has nine suites and this one has four. 100-103." Said Alonzo.

"Four? Four suites on this floor?" Said Lois.

"I know, that's exactly what i said. Now come on. Let's get you into your suite." Said Alonzo. He led Lois down the hall. "Let's see. 100. 101. 102. Ah-ha. Here we are. Room 103." He walked up to the door of room 103 and got out the card and stuck it into the scanner part of the door, unlocking it. "So, miss Richards, this is where you'll be staying during your visit here in London. Here's your card and luggage, the room service number is on the card in case you get hungry or need anything, and i will see you tomorrow. Good luck in London." He said before walking off

"Thanks, Alonzo. Bye." Said Lois. She grabbed her suitcase and opened the door and entered inside her suite. "Sweet crumpets." Said Lois in amazment as she staired at the inside of her suite and how big it was as she walked over to a massive bed. "This hotel is amazing. It's beautiful. Miss De Vil really must be a great designer to own a building as big as this." The 20 year old girl laid her purse on the floor and fell on her back on the bed and held Moose close to her chest. "Boy, this is the life." She then held the six week old Dalmatian up in the air. "Oh, Moosey, just think. Tomorrow i will actually be working at the House Of De Vil with Cruella De Vil herself. Can you believe it?"

"Actually, i can't believe a lot of things. Like, why are we here in London and not back home in New York?" Moose thought to himself.

"Good, i knew you'd understand." Lois then held Moose close to her chest. "Oh, Moose, just imagine it. ME! Lois Richards studying fashion with THE Cruella De Vil. (Sighs) I think i'm gonna love it here."

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