Shadow's Adventures in Paris:
Boulangerie Patisserie High Speed Deliverie
(disregard the misspelling)
Shadow had just walked into the bakery only to find Tom and Sabine arguing about something.
"Hey! What's going on?!" Shadow asked out of worry.
"Oh! Nothing, Shadow. Don't worry yourself with it." Said Sabine.
"Yeah. I was just about to go out and make some deliveries." Said Tom.
"You mean I was just about to go make the deliveries."
"You've been working all day."
"Well, so have you. Even more so, I'd say."
"I'm perfectly fine. I can take care of it while you take the rest of the day off."
"You looked like you were going to faint not too long ago. I can take care of the deliveries while you rest."
"Why don't I do it?" Shadow announced out of the blue. "I can make the deliveries."
"Oh, Shadow, you're our guest here. We couldn't ask you to do that." Said Sabine.
"I haven't done much today. I'm feeling perfectly fine."
"But we have got a lot of orders here." Said Tom, gesturing to the large pile of boxed baked goods beside him. "Odds are, most of them won't be delivered on time."
"Trust me, Tom. I have the energy, strength, stamina and speed. I can probably do this far better than either of you could." Shadow did not eve give them the option to refuse as he walked over to them and picked up the list of orders and addresses from the counter and then the large pile of boxes. He then proceeded to separate the pile into two towers of boxes, one in each hand, before walking away with ease. "You can both relax here. I'll take care of it."
"Well, okay." Sabine, despite feeling unsure, did not argue with him on this. "But promise you'll call us if something happens or you run into trouble."
"I don't have a cell phone." He said bluntly.
"Here, take mine." Tom said as he approached Shadow to drop his phone into Shadow's backpack. "Call Sabine if anything goes wrong."
Shadow agreed and exited the building. He walked around the building so that he was hidden from sight and teleported to Marinette's balcony. He set the boxes down, pulled out his map of Paris, looked at the list and found the location. From there, it was all a matter of… well, "when" and "how" weren't really an issue. It was all really just a matter of using chaos to freeze the box and everything inside in a bubble of time distortion so that nothing would be damaged and going to where he needed to go, which he accomplished in a matter of seconds.
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Penny? Sorry, it's the dork/nerd in me.
Nadja Chamack opened the door and smiled when she saw Shadow.
"Boulangerie Patisserie." Shadow announced when the door opened without so much as a smile.
"Oh hello." She took the box when Shadow offered it to her and handed him the money. "Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. You know, you got here so fast. I think I might just—"
"Thank you, enjoy the rest of your day." He said with no enthusiasm before leaving while her back was turned.
Nadja was confused and tried to call him back so that she could give him a tip for bringing her order to her so quickly, but when she looked around the corner of her door, he was gone. This just confused her more, but in the end, she guessed that he was just busy. Back at the balcony, Shadow checked the list and grabbed the next box. The next delivery went to a woman who had a baby in her arms. The baby was dressed in a white and purple striped onesie and was enthusiastically reaching for the box. The next delivery went to an enthusiastic owner of the ice rink. Shadow left before he could make him an offer to take ice skating lessons. The next one went to the pigeon man he met when he first came to this world. He happily shared his treats with the hungry birds as he ate. The one went to André, the ice cream man. Every time he would see the person whom he was delivering to, he would say "Boulangerie Patisserie", hand them their order, take the money, tell them "Thank you, enjoy the rest of their day" and then leave without another word.
Finally, he had only one delivery left, but it was actually composed of several boxes. Once he had arrived at the location, he looked upon the many stories of the tall building known only as The Grand Paris Hotel. Once this was accomplished, he walked up to the front door only to be stopped by the doorman.
"Um, excuse me, young man. Can I help you with something?" The doorman said that with more condescendence than anything else.
"Boulangerie Patisserie. Delivery for Chloé Bourgeois." He said bluntly.
"I'm sorry, but the Grand Paris Hotel has been closed off from the public due to renovations. Please leave and comeback later."
"If this place is under renovations, then why isn't the front door blocked off with wooden barricades? And why doesn't there seem to be any construction company trucks parked around here?"
"I don't have time to waste on childish questions. Go away before I call the police."
Shadow walked away annoyed and mumbled something under his breath in English. Once Shadow was out of eyesight, the doorman pulled out his vibrating phone and answered it.
"Hello…? Yes, madam. Just as you said; although, it wasn't that Dupain-Cheng girl you mentioned. It was some boy with black and red hair… Yes…? No, I did not allow him entry… Well, I hope you enjoy your soon-to-be-free desert. I will call you soon enough."
With that, the person whom the doorman was talking to hung up and he put his phone back into his pocket. That was when he heard the sound of the hotel elevator's bell, signaling that it had arrived at the lobby. What he didn't know was that while he was talking on the phone, Shadow had teleported into the lobby behind him. Luckily, there was no one in said lobby, so no one saw him warp in. When the doorman turned around, that was when he saw someone in a red motorcycle helmet enter the elevator with several boxes.
"H-hey, wait!" He exclaimed as he ran inside and made his way to the elevator. "Security! Stop that boy!"
Two hotel security guards came into the room, running toward the elevator at full speed. Shadow remained unfazed as he pushed the button, his back still to them. The staff were too late, for the doors closed shut and the elevator began its ascent. The doorman told them to hurry their way to the floor where Chloé waited, and so, up the staircase they climbed; meanwhile, Shadow, who had removed the foul smelling helmet, was finding the elevator to be moving too slow.
Once the staff made it to the floor, they waited for the elevator to stop and open. That was when they saw that the elevator was completely empty, save for one red motorcycle helmet that smelled like garbage. The doorman entered the elevator and examined the helmet, but he was soon caught off guard when the two security guards behind him tumbled into him, knocking him to the floor. As soon as all three of them were clear of the doors, that was when they heard a "ding" sound. The doorman turned around just as the doors closed on them and saw the emergency "close door" button lit up, thus revealing that it had been pushed.
Shadow saw the doors close and as an extra precaution to ensure that they wouldn't bother him further, used his chaos powers to mess with the elevator controls, making the buttons inoperable for anyone. Meanwhile, Chloé and Sabrina were both laughing over Chloé's latest little prank/plan to get a free desert.
"Thanks to that 'renovation' excuse, now no one can get in. Now, all we have to do is wait until their time is up and we get a free treat thanks to my little trick!" Chloé laughed.
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Her laughter was soon brought to a halt by the sudden knocking on her door.
"Ugh. Who is it?" Chloé complained.
"Boulangerie Patisserie." Hearing this, as well as Shadow's voice, made the two girls nervous. "Delivery for Chloé Bourgeois."
"Um. W-We're not here!" Said Sabrina, making Chloé slap her forehead.
"Then who is this?" Shadow asked sarcastically.
"Um… A recording?"
"Recordings don't answer back like that. Open the door and come pay for these."
Chloé leaned close to whisper something into Sabrina's ear.
"If we're quiet and don't open the door, then he won't finish the delivery." Suddenly, they saw door knob started to jiggle and the door opened.
"Hello?" Shadow (after mentally thanking Rouge for teaching him that trick) looked around the room and saw that it appeared to be empty.
In his mind, so long as he didn't actually enter the room, it wasn't really breaking and entering. Since he didn't see anyone, he just decided to walk away from the doorway, but didn't close the door so that he could keep looking into the room encase something moved, but nothing did. After the sound of his footsteps faded, Chloé and Sabrina came out of hiding. Chloé then grabbed Sabrina's hand ran to the door. She looked around the hallway, but tried her best to keep herself hidden encase Shadow was still around. When she didn't see him, she pulled Sabrina with her to the elevator. When the buttons didn't work, she pulled her around the corner to the other elevator. They heard a "ding" followed by a voice.
"Hello? Boulangerie Patisserie!" Shadow called from inside of the elevator.
Out of panic, Sabrina pulled Chloé into the stairwell just before the door opened and they both ran down the stairs. They heard the door open above them.
"Boulangerie Patisserie!" He called.
They went through a door and walked into the kitchen. They heard the stairwell door open and hid. Shadow entered the kitchen and Chloé and Sabrina held their breath.
"Boulangerie Patisserie." He said as he walked past the table that they were currently hiding under.
They waited until he left and ran for the stairwell. Once they reached ground level, they thought that they were home free, but then they saw Shadow in the lobby, standing between them and the front doors (he had just finished up "tending" to the hotel security cameras to ensure that his secret was still secret). At first, the two girls were hidden from him and thought that they could sneak past him while his back was turned. Just when they were about to put their plan into action, something most unfortunate transpired.
"Atchoo!" Sabrina sneezed.
Shadow turned his around and caught a glimpse of red hair disappearing behind a door. He dashed up to it and slammed his fist on the door.
"Boulangerie Patisserie!" He shouted through the door.
Chloé and Sabrina were actually getting scared at this point and ran up the stairs to the next floor. There, they called down the only working elevator and ran inside.
"Grrr… What is his problem?! Why doesn't he just go away?!" Chloé asked in frustration.
"Well, at least we're safe now." Said Sabrina.
They started to calm down until they heard the sound of knocking growing louder. Chloé and Sabrina's eyes widened in fear as they slowly looked up.
"No. No. No. No. No. No. No." Chloé repeated.
"Boulangerie Patisserie!" They heard.
That was enough for Chloé to want to get out of their fast. She pushed the emergency "door open" button. The elevator stopped half-way past the most resent floor and two girls dropped down… Well, actually, Sabrina dropped down first and Chloé ordered her to catch her. Instead, what happed was that when she was coming down after, Sabrina was having trouble holding Chloé up (along with the weight of her ego) when she tried to catch her and the cold blonde girl ended up falling on top of the, far too loyal, redhead.
"You okay, Chloé?" Sabrina asked groggily.
"(growl) Forget it! Let's just hide!" Chloé said in anger.
"Where?! He's everywhere!"
"The roof! There's only one way there! If we block it, he won't get to us!"
"Oh! Good idea, Chloé."
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"Boulangerie Patisserie!"
This followed by the sound of a door creaking open repeated over and over. The girls could hear the sound of talking for a second or three before the door closed in some cases, while in others, there was no conversation. He was just getting closer and closer. The girls quietly entered the stairwell and climbed up the stairs as fast as they could. After a few minutes, they reached the roof, blocked the door with a pool chair and hid. After another two minutes, Chloé thought that they were in the clear.
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"Boulangerie Patisserie!" Shadow repeated these actions over and over again
The girls held their breath, they were so scared. But then, as Sabrina clung to Chloé for dear life, the spoiled rich girl caught sight of something that she never noticed before, her best friend's wrist watch. When she read the time, a smile spread out across her face as she lit up. She then got up and approached the door, despite how much her best friend tried to warn her. Chloé then reached out and opened the door, revealing Shadow, staring at her with an annoyed expression.
"Are you finally ready to own up and pay for this?" He asked her with a low growl.
"Actually, I'm not!" She gloated. "You're out of time! So that means, this order is free!"
She laughed in his face while Sabrina tried to get her attention. Shadow placed the boxes down and reached into his backpack. He pulled out Tom's phone and turned it on to look at the time. After reading it, he spoke up with a sneer.
"Actually, I still have a whole minute left." Chloé stopped laughing. "So you do have to pay me."
"What?! But Sabrina's watch says—!"
"That's what I was trying to tell you Chloé!" Sabrina spoke up, interrupting her best friend. "This is my dad's watch. It's broken! He wanted me to get it fixed on the way home today."
"So then… that means…" Chloé said in disbelief.
Shadow then held out his hand and asked for a specific amount, which she had no choice but to pay.
Later, Shadow arrived back at the bakery, and handed Tom and Sabine all of the money that he collected on his deliveries.
"I don't know how you did it, Shadow, but you did!" Tom said gladly with a big smile on his face.
"And so quickly, too. Shadow, I have no words. You did amazing!" Sabine said with pride with just as big a smile on her face.
"I'm happy to help." Said Shadow. His smile was smaller, but his sincerity was just as plentiful.
The sound of the bell ringing overhead caught their attention, and they looked to see Marinette rush in through the door.
"I'm sorry I'm late! But I'm here now and ready to help with the deliveries." She stated proudly.
"Actually, that won't be necessary, Marinette." Said Tom.
"Shadow already took care of them." Said Sabine.
"Really?! Even that one order from Chloé?!" Asked Marinette.
"Actually, her delivery was surprisingly easy." Shadow said.
"Wow! That's pretty incredible, Shadow." Marinette praised as she hugged him, making him blush.
"Thank you, so much for your help today!" Said Sabine, wrapping her own arms around the two teens, followed by Tom completing the hug.
Shadow blushed in embarrassment, but he still couldn't help but smile.
"Hm. You're welcome."