The Klue Queens were doing a little window shopping. "Look at these cute little dresses," Kaylin smiled.

"Never thought the local dress store would put up green dresses for St. Patrick's Day in a few weeks," Rylie said.

"Si," Estrella replied. "They always make a big fuss about holiday vestidos."

While they were admiring the dresses, Swinger saw a German man looking on his phone. An ice cream man was driving when he pointed it out on Kirby. Before the ice cream truck was about to hit the German man, Kirby sucked him out of the way. Luckily, it didn't swallow him all the way. Leah started to take notice "Kirby," berated Leah, "don't swallow people like that."

The Klue Queens started pulling the German man out. "You saved me from being hit by a car" he said to Kirby. "Vielen dank."

"That's German for 'thank you'," Tania explained.

"Poyo (You're welcome)," Kirby smiled.

"Kirby just loves helping people Mister...?" Leah asked.

"Torsten," the man explained. "Torsten Bauer."

"Wait a minute," Tania recalled. "You're the owner of The Bauer, the local 5-star hotel."

"I rarely leave my office," Herr Bauer explained, "but my doctor said that I needed some fresh air." To repay Kirby for saving his life, he invited them to spend a weekend at The Bauer. "And bring your Frauleins with you and your little affe with you."

"Do you hear that Swinger?" Estrella smiled. "We get to spend the weekend at The Bauer." Swinger jumped up with joy.

The Klue Queens got excited about it. Meanwhile, Billie and her cohorts Miley, who was blonde, Zara, who was a black girl with short hair, and Isla, who was Native American, were watching them from a distance.

"How come the cool things happen to the McBruce sisters and their dancing dunces?" Billie growled.

"Maybe it's because of that cute puffball," Miley suggested.

"Quiet, Miley," hissed Billie. "Those twerps are sooo stupid."

"But you gotta hand it to them," Isla replied. "They're cool detectives."

But Billie didn't listen.

XxoxX

A few hours later the Klue Queens arrived at The Bauer. Leah and Kirby admired the decor and the fact that it was the only place in Lititz Heights to get exclusive German Friendly Scout cookies, Kaylin admired the cute garden with its pink flowers, Estrella admired the pet daycare for Swinger to join in, Rylie admired the all-you-can-eat buffet, Tania admired the bilingual translations in both German and English, and Paige loved their use of the fluorescent lightbulbs.

As Tania was translating the German information booth, a bellhop bumped into her. By his suitcase were bank-robbing equipment. She began to wonder why a bellhop had bank-robbing equipment.

By the desk, Kaylin felt cupid struck for a cute German boy. He was Herr Bauer's nephew, Carsten Bauer. He was staying for an exchange student program. Kaylin tried to talk to him, but he ran off in a hurry.

"Maybe he's gay?" suggested Estrella.

XxoxX

After they unpacked, they headed off to the buffet for dinner. Kirby got his hand on the carrot cake. As he was about to eat it, he heard someone say, "All the money in our bank account - it's missing."

"Funny," Herr Brauer stated. "I just checked my bank account and it was fine."

"I know," said the woman. "It's CLEARLY gone."

"Well, Frau Freya," replied Herr Brauer, "since you're my new accountant, you must keep the hotel from freaking out."

Kirby decided to get the Klue Queens.

As they were finishing their dinner, Kirby came up on the dirty tables, "Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo! (Herr Bauer's bank account has gone missing!)" he shouted.

"Missing?" Leah replied.

Suddenly, a Black lady came up. She was Zara's mom, Julia. "15 years in working at The Bauer and I never got a promotion," she groaned.

"Let's go over the suspects," Leah said, "Carsten, he seems to be in a rush for something. Julia the waitress complained about not getting a promotion in 15 years. And Ted the bellhop, he had a strange collection of bank-robbing equipment."

"Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo (Don't forget about his new accountant Freya, who said it was CLEARLY gone)," Kirby replied.

"You're right, Kirby," replied Leah. "Saying 'clearly' does lead to suspicion."

"But it's best if we investigate in the morning," replied Rylie. "We need our sleep."

In the morning, their search for the stolen finances began. Estrella, Swinger, and Kaylin investigated the ballroom, Leah and Paige investigated the storage room, and Tania and Rylie investigated the offices.

XxoxX

In the ballroom, Estrella and Kaylin both disguised themselves as maids to figure out if Julia wanted revenge on Herr Brauer for not getting her promoted for 15 years. But as they were about to hear her intentions, she saw Billie and her posse come in.

"I just love it when Herr Brauer lets us in the spa for free," Billie smiled.

"And we get to see a couple of losers wondering around as maids," taunted Miley.

Estrella and Kaylin took off in horror, only to bump into Carsten. "Sorry, Frauleins," he quickly said.

"Can I ask if you're gay?" Estrella asked.

"Nein," replied Carsten. "I'm just in a hurry. By the way, the girl with poofy hair looks adorable in das maid outfit."

"Vielen dank, Carsten," replied Kaylin. "I heard your uncle has let you stay at the hotel."

"Ja," replied Carsten. "He knew if I stayed ein in exchange student home, we wouldn't have family time."

"I know what you mean," replied Estrella.

As they were helping Carsten, Kaylin spotted a hotel room that said "Closed due to broken sink," but there wasn't any water there.

XxoxX

Meanwhile, Tania and Rylie were looking around the office, where it was the least likely place to hide stolen finances. That was when Tania found a wanted poster of Stuffed Teddy Bear, a notorious bank robber from the 1990s.

"Is it me, or does he look kind of familiar?" Rylie asked.

"Don't know," answered Tania as she saw a painting of a German man who looked like Herr Bauer.

"This hotel is 80 years old," Herr Bauer explained as he came in. "My grandfather founded this hotel back when people started having financial troubles. He used his family home to take in homeless people and offer them jobs there."

"Trying to keep people from becoming hobos," Rylie replied. "My father played a hobo in a school play when he was young."

XxoxX

In the storage room, they were checking for any clues to the missing finances, only to find Ted the bellhop breaking into the safe. "Goshdarn it," he whispered. "I don't know the code to this stupid money safe."

"Buisnesses always have a preserve safe, you know," Leah smiled, "just in case they're low on cash."

"You brats," Ted replied. "I'm trying to rob this safe here."

"So you're the one who's been robbing the finances of the hotel," Paige replied.

"Clever girls you are," replied Ted,

"What's the meaning of this?" Leah asked.

"I was behind the debt," Ted explained, "so I figured that robbing the hotel's finances would help pay it off."

Paige and Leah got an idea. "Do you like shadow puppetry?"

"I do," Ted smiled.

Leah turned on a flashlight and Paige made a shadow puppet out of a bat. "But I hate bats!" shouted Ted as he ran off.

"We can't let him leave the hotel!" Leah shouted. "Kirby, suck up these condiments!" She tossed mustard and ketchup packs to Kirby and he turned into Painter Kirby. He painted a banana on Ted.

"Did I forget to mention that I'm also allergic to bananas?!" shouted Ted as he took off.

XxoxX

In the hallway, Swinger wandered off from Estrella. "Swinger, stop!" she shouted. Swinger jumped onto Ted and played around with his bellhop suit.

Herr Brauer, Tania, and Rylie came in to see what was going on. "Of course," Rylie replied. "Ted the bellhop is the finance thief."

"One of mien most loyal employees," Herr Brauer replied, "betraying me after 6 years?"

"That would explain why you had that bank-robbing equipment when you bumped into me yesterday," explained Tania.

"Let's not forget he was a former bank robber known as Stuffed Teddy Bear," Rylie replied.

"And it's a good thing Paige and I caught him breaking into your spare bank safe," Leah smiled.

"Of course," Herr Brauer replied. "Now the only thing I want to know is, where did you hide the money?"

"I'm not going to tell," Ted snarled as Swinger constantly bothered him. "Okay, okay! Just call off your monkey!" He took them to the hotel room with the broken sink sign.

"Of course," Kaylin said. "A room that's closed due to broken sink is a least likely place to hide a treasure. I saw there wasn't any water dripping."

"Nice work, Fraulein," smiled Casten and Kaylin blushed.

"That's what I call a sinking feeling," Estrella joked.

XxoxX

Later, they were at the pool celebrating their victory. Swinger and Kirby were in the hot tub getting along, which made Estrella happy. "I know Swinger can be jealous of Kirby sometimes," she said, "but it warms my corazon to see them get along so well."

Just then, Carsten came in wearing a swimsuit. "Hey there, Kaylin," smiled Carsten.

"Hey, Carsten," smiled Kaylin. "There's one thing I want to know. Why were you in a rush?"

"Because my uncle's birthday is in June," Carsten explained. "By that time I'll be back in Germany. I don't want to miss out on anything for him, so I got this." He showed a handcrafted wallet with the German flag on it.

Suddenly Herr Brauer came in and asked, "You wanted to buy a birthday present for me?"

"Oh, man," Carsten replied. "It was suppose to be for later."

"Nien," replied Herr Brauer. "I'm glad you got me an early birthday present. That way we can keep our family ties together."

"Oh, please," interjected Billie. "You and your family bonding like that."

"What's wrong with that?" Kaylin demanded. "My parents left me and my sisters with our uncle due to a no-children policy in the apartment. But that's okay."

"I'm saying that bonding with parents is for kids," snapped Billie as Zara and Miley scared away Swinger and Kirby.

"Um, Billie?" asked Isla. "Remember the movie 'The Road to El Dorado'?"

"Yeah," replied Billie as she started to feel itchy.

Zara and Miley felt itchy too. They got so itchy they ran off. Everyone laughed.

The End.