Edit: I forgot to write this for the last chapter, so I'll say this for this one. Thank you, ElectricBlaster, for all the help you've been giving me with roleplaying! The story would not have developed to this point without you.
Everyone was silent for another moment until Flug broke the silence.
"Well," Flug said. "I guess we'll take it from here."
Santa Muerte sighed and said, "Sí. Espero qué esta se ayuda. (Yes. I hope this helps). We look forward to speaking with you tomorrow."
"I'll show you her room so that you may set down her belongings and see her accommodations before I show you out," Black Hat said stepping into the hall.
"Of course," Faucheuse said while her husband picked up Melanie's large duffel bag. "Lead the way."
"I'll come too, sweetie!" Dementia yelled.
"Whatever," Black Hat replied. "Flug, you find the girl and lay down the ground rules for her stay. Then, you may begin observing her as you see fit."
Meanwhile, Melanie was chatting merrily about all her favorite 505 videos, and 505 was soaking up the attention.
It was rare for him to receive any positive attention from anyone other than Flug, but now, this teenage fangirl was lavishing him with it. It felt too good to be true. 505 couldn't believe he had a new friend so quickly...
Suddenly, 505 spotted an open door leading to a room where a horrible experiment was being conducted on a human test subject, yet another failed villain who had let Black Hat down.
505 paused for a second and looked back to Melanie still going on obliviously unaware of what was happening in the other room. She was Black Hat's "patient," too. She would be scared if she saw what was happening.
"505, are you okay?" Melanie suddenly asked stirring 505 out of his stupor.
505 immediately dashed more quickly down the hall towards the elevator while Melanie tightened her hand grip on his shoulders. Unfortunately for them, there were even more doors left open, so 505 had to keep running. Melanie couldn't see the scary stuff. That would make her unhappy...
"505, what's the matter?" Melanie asked.
505 only responded with a nervous smile.
Melanie gave him a questioning glance before she smiled understandingly and said, "Hey, 505. If you want to go faster, I know a way!"
Melanie unfurled her large Reaper wings and started flapping quickly.
The flapping gave 505 a longer stride in each step. It made him smile.
505 soon calmed down and gestured his head towards the stairway.
"Oh, yeah!" Melanie said with a nod. "We can go up the stairs!"
505 pushed open the door and began leaping. Melanie's wings made his strong legs more powerful so that with each leap he could clear a flight of stairs.
The two laughed together at all the fun they were having while Melanie took intermittent pictures.
Soon, they were having so much fun that 505 forgot why he began running again in the first place but kept it up because Melanie loved it so much.
The leaping and flapping continued until 505 and Melanie reached the top of the stairs where Flug was waiting for them.