Exposed
Right now, things couldn't have gone worse for Dracula at the moment. First off, his desk has gone missing and now two critical parts of the hotel have gone missing as well: the front revolving door and now various guest room doors. On top of that, Mavis had begun to sneeze in infrequent periods. This situation made Dracula both a little nervous and stressed because the last thing he needed was to have his daughter sick. Plus, he already had a demanding 'to do' list on his shoulders: Fix the hotel's broken heater and find a new phone system.
Anyway, we now find Dracula inside one of the elevators heading up toward the corresponding rooms. He had a serious face of anxiety and he hopes that this'll be the last of these shenanigans. A few moments later, the elevator doors opened and Dracula walked out from it. Almost immediately, he was greeted by the sounds of various guests yelling and complaining about the lack of a door. He then walked down the hall that led toward the rooms. While doing so, he was talking to himself while preparing a statement about the issue at hand. To him, this was the first time he witnessed these kinds of events in the hotel; aside from the time that…well…that's a subject to discuss later. Anyway, he made the turn around the corridor and there were the doorless rooms and let me tell you, almost all of its occupants were yelling up a storm. Without wasting time, he walked up to each and individual room in order to cool down the brouhaha. Eventually, he managed to reign in the situation; although that was a bit hard to do. Some of the guests were easy to talk to while others…well…they just threw objects at him like wet sponges and even skeleton bones and rocks in frustration. Believe it or not, one even left the hotel because of this little episode.
After that series of resolution and minor chaos, Dracula then approached room 174; his daughter's room. Dracula just walked right inside, considering that there was no door because…uh…you get the idea. Anyway, he walked into Mavis' room and then he saw his daughter in her bed. Besides being under the sheets, she was also reading a copy of one of the most popular magazines in the region: "The Gothic Chronical". Upon seeing this, Dracula walked over toward her bed and took a seat right beside her. When she saw her father take a seat right beside her, she put her magazine down and turned her attention toward him.
"Hey dad." Mavis said after putting the magazine down.
"Mavy!" Dracula greeted with a smile. "How is my little blood-orange doing?"
"I'm just…*yawn*…reading a book here." Mavis replied while yawning in between.
Mavis' reaction was quite a surprise to Dracula. Usually, she'd be more energetic and more into the spirit of things; however, giving her current condition, she was more tired and quiet. One thing the vampire took notice of was that Mavis was actually quite paler than the average vampire. Upon seeing these characteristics, Dracula's smile quickly dropped to a frown.
"Umm…Mavis? Are you…feeling alright?" Dracula asked with a bit of worry.
"I am dad. I'm just…*yawn*…tired from that party I was at with Johnny." Mavis replied while rubbing her eyes.
"Are you sure my honey bat? You look a little…pale." Dracula asked.
"Hold on a second. Aren't we supposed to be pale anyway?" Mavis asked.
"Well…yes. Except for one thing…you're a bit paler than usual." Dracula pointed out.
"Hmm. I don't think so." Mavis replied while looking at herself.
"Never mind then." Dracula said. "Well…anyway, I must go back downstairs."
"Why's that?" Mavis asked.
"Uhhh…I need to…do some planning." Dracula fibbed.
"What kind of 'planning' exactly? You know my birthday isn't for another 9 months." Mavis replied.
Dracula was busted like a child with their hand in the cookie jar. The kind of 'planning' he wanted to do was that he wanted to bring in a specialist to take a look at Mavis. But in order to go do that, he had to think of a line to end the father-daughter conversation going on right now. He couldn't just come up with any excuse; he had to come up with something good. This was the case because of that one particular time in 2012 that-
"Uh…Dad?" Mavis asked.
"I'm sorry my honey bat; what is it?" Dracula replied while erasing the thought of the time he lied to his daughter about the fake village.
"You said you're going to do 'planning' of some kind?" Mavis reminded.
"Oh…that. What I meant to say was why don't we take a short walk?" Dracula said while smiling.
"Now?" Mavis asked. "Can't we do this…*yawn*…later?"
"We can't my voodoo doll. Besides, a little walk don't hurt anyone." Dracula replied.
"Alright then." Mavis said. She then started to get out of her bed until she stopped and turned toward her father.
"Oh…sorry." Dracula said when he realized what his daughter was trying to tell him.
He walked outside her room and then placed his back against a nearby wall. While waiting for Mavis to come out, he began to whistle to himself the tune of the hit song "Firework". Don't ask me why, but for some reason, he was whistling the tune. My guess is that it was a way for him to pass some time. How did he hear about the song? The vampire could thank Johnny's music collection on his phone because he actually played it one time without the headphones and let me tell you, Dracula actually almost lost his mind.
Anyway, Mavis had just came out from her room in her usual attire. She was both shocked and confused to see and hear her father whistling the tune of "Firework". Upon seeing his daughter, Dracula stopped whistling and tried to cover himself with his cape.
"Did I miss anything dad?" Mavis asked while trying to keep a straight face.
"N-No! Nothing a-at all my little blood orange!" Dracula replied while laughing nervously.
Mavis just crossed her arms and made a smile while raising an eyebrow.
"Seriously! I wasn't doing anything at all!" Dracula fibbed while laughing still.
"Yeah; of course dad." Mavis said with a smile. "Anyway…*yawn*…now for that 'walk' you're talking about?"
"Yes of course!" Dracula replied.
Upon saying that, Dracula began to walk down toward one of the elevators with Mavis following behind. Upon reaching an elevator, Dracula pressed a button and just stood there; waiting for an elevator to come.
"So dad, what's the whole purpose of this walk anyway?" Mavis asked.
"I figured that we…er…spend some time together; just the two of us." Dracula said.
After finishing, a small ding could be heard and the elevator door opened in front of them. Being a gentleman, Dracula offered his daughter to go in first, which she did. Dracula got in soon after. Right after the two vampires got inside the elevator, Mavis reached out for the button that would send the elevator to the lobby. But before she could press the button…
"ACHOO!"
Mavis sneezed again and upon that, she reached into her pocket for the hankie. Dracula jumped a little bit since he was startled by this unscheduled event. After blowing her nose, Mavis turned back to her father.
"Sorry dad." Mavis apologized.
"No need to apologize my little dead-ums." Dracula replied.
After that, he turned toward the elevator buttons in an attempt to complete the task Mavis was trying to do until she sneezed again. However though, the buttons were nowhere to be found. With a face of panic, Dracula began to search the entire elevator they're in for the buttons. 5 seconds later though, he noticed something else was missing too: the elevator itself. Because there was no elevator, the two vampires were basically standing over an open elevator shaft with no floor. Upon seeing that, Dracula's face turned green.
"Not again…" Dracula groaned.
After that, because of a thing called gravity, Dracula fell toward the bottom of the shaft. Mavis, however, quickly managed to transform into a bat and flew over to the perch that led toward the corresponding level of the hotel. After landing, Mavis heard a small crashing noise coming from the bottom.
*THUD*
After hearing that, Mavis flew toward the bottom of the elevator shaft in a race to see if her father was ok. When she got down to ground level, she was relieved that her dad was ok, considering that vampires are technically immortal. She changed back and helped her father up from the ground.
"You ok dad?" Mavis asked while helping her father up.
"Yeah…Guess I should've turned into a bat quicker next time." Dracula replied while bending his back into place. "You know what? Forget the whole walk thing; sorry I dragged you out've bed."
"Dad, no need to be sorry. You know I'm always up for an a-ad-"
Mavis was about to sneeze again. Dracula this time got extremely frightened because based on what's going on with his daughter sneezing and various objects going missing, he thinks that the two events might be connected to each other. Immediately, without thinking of other ways to stop this from happening, Dracula used his magic powers to freeze Mavis. After that was over, he turned toward his daughter who was now frozen still like a statue.
"Sorry I had to do this my mavy wavy." Dracula said.
Immediately after that, a nearby door opened and it revealed a suit of armor.
"SIR! THERE'S ANOTHER-"
"I know; there's another emergency isn't there?" Dracula asked sarcastically.
"Yes sir. This time, it's-"
"The Elevator; I know that." Dracula said while interrupting the suit of armor.
After that, he ran out from the elevator shaft into the main lobby.
"Sir, what about your daughter here and where are you going?" The suit of armor asked.
"Bring my daughter back to her room and place her in her bed. I have a phone call to make." Dracula replied.
"Yes sir!" The suit of armor replied while saluting.
Dracula now knew exactly what was going on. Whenever Mavis sneezes, a random object in the hotel would disappear. He knew that if he didn't bring someone in and fix this mess, all of the hotel's guests will go batpoop and won't return.
Using a nearby skull phone, Dracula dialed a specific number and waited while it rang. After 5 seconds, someone picked up.
"Hey. Sorry to bother you but could you come by and take a look at my daughter, Mavis?" He asked into the phone. "Great; see you tomorrow."
After that, Dracula hung up and his smile turned into a frown.
"This should be interesting; I hope my little voodoo doll isn't getting sick." He said while starting to walk back toward his room for the night, or should I say, day.
Author's note: Hello everyone!
First off, Happy New Year to everyone here! Second, I'm extremely sorry this chapter took a while to put up. Many factors, including a short holiday break and some minor writers block, contributed to the 3 week delay for this story.
Speaking of New Year's, I have many FanFiction projects in store; so check out my profile page to know more. Also, I've started counting down the days 'Hotel Transylvania 2' comes out in theaters this year!
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