For the most part this will follow the 2021 movie with some differences and creative liberties XD. Contains some crude content and language. Please review :)

She knew this hotel was too fancy for her the moment she spotted it from across the street at the hot dog cart, but Kayla knew if she wanted to prove herself, the Royal Gate was the place to do it. Waiting in the lobby to speak with someone about a job, she met a woman who was obviously going to get hired because one she was British and two she didn't walk in there wearing a leather jacket like she was some gang member. Kayla was street smart though, she was able to trick this woman into thinking she was underqualified to be there and with luck Kayla managed to steal her resume the nebbish woman left behind. 'Too easy,' thought Kayla, if anything she was too overqualified to be there. She skimmed through the experience, her skills, she didn't even have a quarter of what this woman had but she thought she could handle it, 'Fake it till you make it, right?'

Kayla had an interview with the event manager of the hotel immediately, she was a little nervous about having her ruse discovered but with luck maybe no one would see through her. Terence Mendoza appeared to be a nice guy at first but he started having his suspicions about her, he could probably see she didn't have any upper class background but he did like her attitude.

"Big wedding this weekend. You think you can handle helping me make it a success?"

"Don't worry, sir, I've got it covered," Kayla smiled, overdoing it maybe a tad too much.

"One of the first things I want you to do is help take care of this mouse problem we've been having."

Kayla wasn't sure if this was some kind of trick or code word for something unrelated.

"Mouse problem?"

"Yes. I don't want this rodent running around the hotel when we have royalty coming."

"Wait? It's just one mouse?" Kayla snickered, lifting an eyebrow, "I mean, I think I can handle one little mouse, sir."

He shook his head, "This is no ordinary mouse. Most likely the spawn of Satan himself."

Kayla humored his high strung concerns and told him she was on it, she was fitted for a fancy uniformed suit that she wasn't sure she would get used to; grey was not her color and she wasn't really a fan of skirts let alone one that was so high above the knees.

Kayla met some of the other staff, they told her stories of this brown mouse that was very crafty, almost human, like he knew everything about them, what their schedules were and what made them tick. Kayla thought maybe there had been a gas leak because no animal especially a mouse could be this smart, everyone had to be seeing things.

Kayla was told by a bellhop about her age, Joy, that the mouse had been spotted in the large dinning area, no one was sure where it was hiding. She saw just how scared Joy was of this mouse, like it had threatened to kill her and her whole family. Kayla took this as some kind of test, something that Terence had put everyone up to.

'Yes, a test,' Kayla thought to herself, 'Has to be. Everyone is just trying to see my worth here. A little unorthodox but sure, why not?'

Walking through the dining area she tried being inconspicuous, no one could know she was looking out for a mouse after all; she straightened her skirt and proceeded to act professional.

Even if there was really a mouse, the boss had to be blowing it out of proportion, how could one little mouse be that much of a nuisance for a whole hotel? She remained calm, stood up straight and smiled to the guests as she scanned the room. Other than some kids running around, she didn't see any sign of trouble, just a lot of rich people eating expensive foods she couldn't distinguish.

"Excuse me! Excuse me!" A small boy tugged on Kayla's jacket eagerly.

Kayla leaned down a bit to his level, "Oh, hi there, little guy."

"There's a mouse over there," he pointed to a table an older couple were seated at, Kayla noticed the man reminded her of the Monopoly guy with the large mustache and the woman he was with, presumably his wife was a very hefty woman; Kayla couldn't believe she would show so much cleavage.

"Under their table?" The boy nodded, "Ok, thank you."

Kayla straightened her uniform and walked over, she smiled like nothing was wrong and stopped herself, she knew she needed to be discreet and not cause a panic so when no one was looking she got down on her hands and knees, crawled to the couple's table and lifted the satin table cloth. She was disappointed, she didn't find any intruding rodent, but if the boy was telling the truth then it couldn't have gone too far. Just when the couple was having a good time with their champagne, the large woman felt something graze her legs, she jumped and soon so did her husband.

That's when Kayla saw him, this brown furred little pest, her eyes grew wide, lighting up with anticipation; all she had to capture him in was a little cloth bag no bigger than a hanky but it would have to do.

"What on earth is going on here?!"

Kayla had been busted, the couple had lifted the table cloth, she kind of understood how the mouse must feel, these two looking down at her sure made her feel small. The mouse was gone or at least for now, she got up off the floor to explain.

"Hi, there, how are we doing this evening?" She cupped her hands, she tried putting on as happy a face as she could; she already knew putting on this kind of pleasant demeanor every day was going to take a lot out of her.

"Why were you under our table, young lady?"

"Oh, that? Sorry, I um...lost my contact lens, I thought maybe it had slipped under there but nope nothing," she laughed a little, neither of them appeared impressed at all, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Where is our salmon?"

"Salmon? Uh good question I'll check with the kitchen..."

"Yes, you run along and do that," said the man as he stared at her with the blankest of eyes.

Kayla gritted her teeth, paining herself to smile, she turned and said under her breath, "Charming couple."

She continued to keep an eye out, she stood by a dessert cart as more guests sat down at the tables, this place sure filled up fast. She caught sight of Terrence, she gave him an A-Ok signal but didn't even get so much as a nod in return; she could feel sweat on her brow.

'Come on, Kayla. You're smarter than some mouse aren't you?'

That's when she saw it. There he was, like a brown flash he went under one table to the next, no way was she letting him get away. She borrowed an empty glass from the cart, maybe a better way of trapping him and putting him on a mini display for her boss to show her dedication to the Royal Gate. Kayla walked over to the center of the room, hoping everyone would be distracted by their food. She watched his movement carefully, he was crafty, he ended up going around in a circle and made his way to the unattended dessert cart.

'Clever mouse'.

Kayla moved in slow and quiet, the mouse climbed up onto the cart and helped himself to a cherry pie, Kayla had the glass ready to drop over him.

'That's it...nice and...'

The mouse noticed her and before Kayla had a chance to bring the glass down, he threw a piece of cherry pie in her face, blinding her.

"Ah!"

She wiped the sticky cherry away from her eyes, the mouse jumped down from the cart and took off back to the tables, she spun around quickly and went after him but she ended up tripping over her own heels and a bump in the carpet.

"MOUSE!" Someone shouted, people started screaming.

Kayla tried to get her balance back and not fall, "Everyone! Don't panic! I have everything under..."

The mouse was back on the dessert cart, he hit the back of Kayla's head with a blast from a seltzer bottle, sending her forward into the table of that uptight couple. The hefty woman screamed when the young woman fell on her, Kayla dove face into the woman's enormous cleavage!

"AHH! OH MY WORD!"

"GET OFF OF MY WIFE THIS INSTENCE!"

Her whole head was almost consumed. Kayla had a hard time getting free, she was very stuck, it was like she was in some bottomless pit with nowhere to go. She tried pulling herself free, the husband of the hefty woman did very little to assist her. Finally with a good bit of force, Kayla's head quite literally 'POPPED' out of her cleavage and she stumbled backward.

She rolled on the floor until she came to a stop, catching her breath after nearly being smothered to death. She looked up and saw the whole staff including Terence standing over her and realizing she did not have what it took for this job.

"Hi, sir," she smiled weakly, "Crisis avoided."

Terence had a private meeting with Kayla about her little stunt out there, he was steaming mad, imagining ways to punish her for that display, possibly the worst in the hotel's history.

"Sir, can I just say..."

"No," he looked away from the perky blonde and at a picture of the founder of the hotel, what looked to Kayla as some stiff British dude.

"I mean you were right that mouse is very crafty...," Kayla stopped herself, she thought she had it, she got what was really happening, "Ok, you almost had me."

Terence frowned, "What?"

"Right. This was all just a test. You wanted to see how far I was willing to go! This was all just an elaborate ploy just to see how I worked!"

Terence watched her pace around the office, she was animated, the way she was going on it wouldn't have been surprising if she sprouted wings or horns.

"I must say! They weren't kidding when they said the Royal Gate was tough. Might I add that those actors you hired as guests are top notch! Was that mouse a puppet or some kind of projection? He was so real!"

Once she was finished, or he hoped she was, Terence chimed in, trying to understand this strange young woman, "What in the world are you talking about? I ask you to catch a mouse and you turn this hotel into a riot! There's no test! Those aren't actors!"

"What about the Monopoly guy and the woman with the...," Kayla tried miming the woman's impossible bust without being too crude but it was difficult.

"That's Mr and Mrs Fairgood! They are the most esteemed guests, not to mention top stock holders of this hotel!"

Kayla's mouth couldn't have gotten any wider, "Ah-huh...I see..."

"You're lucky they're not pressing charges!"

"B-b-but..."

"B-b-but!" Terence mocked her, "After you not only interrupted their anniversary and assaulted Mrs Fairgood, you spoiled their entire evening along with over 300 others'."

Kayla pouted and looked down at the floor before facing him again, "So, I'm fired?"

"Ha! If it was up to me. But Royal Gate has a strict three strike policy. So you still have time to prove yourself."

Kayla smiled, relieved that she was still in the game, "Oh my gosh. Sir, I-I won't let you down."

"I'll be watching you more closely. Everyone will. Like a hawk."

Kayla nodded, she couldn't believe how foolish she had been, believing that this was all some elaborate hazing; but how could this not seem like joke?

"Now, we're going to need some outside help getting this mouse which was something I really was hoping not to have to resort to..."

"Say no more, sir, I'll find the best exterminator the city can provide!"

Terence made a hand buzzer sound, "Not in the budget. If you find someone within 12 hours to get the job done for next to nothing you will have saved the day."

Kayla knew that was asking a lot, but she had no choice but to accept.

Kayla stood outside to get some air, she couldn't believe just what a screw up she was, there was no way she could find any kind of professional especially not a cheap one with so little time. She couldn't help but notice a grey cat rooting through a garbage can, he looked very familiar. A streetlight came on just when Kayla remembered, he was that cat she almost ran into at the park with her scooter, she really wanted to give him a piece of her mind but then she got another idea.

Kayla walked up to the cat just as he had the skeleton of a fish dangling out of his mouth, "You!" The cat dropped the skeleton, "I swear I want to ring your neck more than anything! But right now I need your help..."

He looked confused, what was this blonde human trying to say?

"I need help with a mouse in the hotel," he looked skeptical, "You like fish? I can see about getting you all the fish you could ever want if you do this."

He smiled fiendishly, he handed her some kind of business card: 'TOM: Feline, Exterminator, Fish Connoisseur, Pianist'

"Tom?"

He nodded.

"Ok, Tom. Come with me. I'll show you around."

The more Kayla talked about the brown mouse that started calling the Royal Gate its home, the more Tom became infuriated as if he had known this mouse his whole life. Kayla took Tom up to a room he could stay in for the duration of the mouse hunt, just an old janitor's closet but it would do.

"OMG! She's coming!"

Kayla was startled when Joy the bell girl ran up to them out of nowhere.

"W-who's coming?" Kayla asked, unsure if maybe she missed something about a boss or someone else of extreme importance coming to the hotel she wasn't told about.

"Jacqueline Heights!"

Kayla knew that name, she was a famous actress, she was an elegant young woman with the most striking of blue eyes.

"Jacqueline Heights? Really?" Kayla hadn't met many celebrities in her lifetime, she hoped she wouldn't embarrass herself if she saw her.

"Yes! She's staying on this floor! Oh jeez! I have to get the rest of her bags to her room!" Joy just remembered in all the excitement.

"You better go do that!" Kayla shood her away; that's when Kayla saw her, like in slow motion there was Jacqueline, she'd recognize that jet black hair, red lips, curvaceous figure from any magazine, she always wore the most expensive outfits, this one was white and see through. Jacqueline looked at Kayla as she passed.

"Um, hi," Kayla said, still starstruck, she cleared her throat, "I mean, hello, Miss Heights. I'm Kayla. If you need anything at all just say the word and I'll do everything I can to make it happen."

Jacqueline looked Kayla up and down and smiled, "Cute tie," she tugged at the golden tie Kayla had tucked in her uniform.

Kayla could feel her cheeks burning, "Oh! Thank you! You have such a lovely dress...," she felt so dumb, standing there in such a lame uniform while Miss Jacqueline 'Top 100 Most Beautiful Women' Heights was there looking like a billion bucks.

"Oh, thank you, sweetheart! I'll be turning in early but I'm sure I'll see you around soon," she walked to her door and looked back at Kayla; Kayla for a second thought she winked at her but was sure she just imagined. Joy came by, running with Jacqueline's remaining luggage, tripping and landing on it like a fool.

Kayla realized Tom was teasing her, she turned and saw hearts in his eyes, hands clasped as his exaggerated heart beat could be seen, heart literally trying to escape his body.

"Oh! Ha! Ha! Tom! That happens to be one of the greatest actresses of my generation! She deserves our respect!"

He made a kissy face, ignoring her, Kayla pushed his close face away from her, "Knock it off! That's so unprofessional. Also I don't swing that way...Also you might want to get that looked at!"

Kayla froze when she saw her familiar long tailed friend, "Tom! Tom! It's him!"

Tom saw him, an old foe, there he was in the middle of the hallway, as if deciding to crawl under one of the doors and Kayla had a good feeling which one. Kayla rolled up her sleeves and marched over, Tom mimicked the same even though he had no sleeves to speak of.

"Oh no! No one is allowed to disturb Jacqueline Heights on my watch!"

The mouse crawled up a food cart left outside of another room, Kayla ran at him only to get hit with a whole ham, it was like she had received the finishing blow to the face in a boxing match. She lost her balance and grabbed onto ledge of an open window, before she got her bearings and her eyesight back, the food cart crashed into her, she was sent flying out the window.

"AHHHHHH!"

Kayla landed in a large dumpster thankfully full, she wasn't sure what was in those lumpy garbage bags that broke her fall but they smelled terrible. She was pissed, that mouse was not going to have the last laugh.

"I'll get you you little creep if it's the last thing I..."

SMACK!

The ham the mouse used to whack her with landed on her head, she was seeing stars, Kayla babbled some nonsense before passing out unconscious.

To be continued!

I imagined Alexandra Daddario as Jacqueline Heights

Some smut next chapter!