A light after the storm

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Ai screamed out of shock and then the sudden a hand covered her mouth before she could even say anything

"KID! Are you trying to get me in trouble? Calm down it's just me, one of the staff who works here. How the heck did you even get here?" Asked the man

The uncovers her mouth

"Jeez, you gave me almost give me a heart attack.. ughh I got here by a weird looking door near the cafe shop since I saw a small crack on the wall and then suddenly I was sent to this weird stairs that leads me hear" Ai answered annoyed

"Kid that door was jammed shut for years. I don't know how or what but we better get you out of here before my manager catches you. We already have a missing kid running around this place we don't need another one" replied the man frantically

"A missing kid?" Asked Ai curiously

The man quickly walked Ai out of the basement and brought her to the the cafe where her parents were having a nice meal together

"You listen here kid, you saw nothing down there okay? My manager is going to freak out if she founds out about this" the man trying to threaten Ai

"Well then uhh Jeffrey what if I say I don't wanna mhm? Also I could even help you find the missing kid! I'm great at it I've even manage to find my mom long lost wedding ring when I was 12"

Jeffrey who is now even more annoyed but knowing that if she did managed to find him he could get a promotion in his job reluctantly think of a deal

"You know what kid? Let's make a deal"

"A DEAL?! OOOO MY VERY FIRST DEAL" Ai eagerly waiting to know

Jeffrey chuckles a bit

"Yeah. If you manage to find this kid which is I'm pretty sure around your age, wears a black hoodie and his name is Michael by the end of the day I'll give you a secret map of the hotel"

"That's a huge deal Jeffrey but I do love me a challenge. You got yourself a deal!" Ai extending her arm to give Jeffrey a handshake of a approval

Jeffrey shakes Ai's hand and gives her a walkie-talkie to tell him her progress

Ai ran to her parents to tell them that's she's going to head off to go adventuring through the hotel since it could bring her more ideas and helps her creativity grow as a person as a way to make her parents agree on her spree

Both Ai's parents knew that when she became so amused and motivated by something there's is no stopping her

So they both agree but told her to keep her phone on her at all times which Ai I told them

"Yeah mom I got it. I won't leave my phone and I will call you if I'm in trouble don't worry! You know I can handle this"

With a huge hug from both of her parents, Ai ran straight back to her room to check the letter that she got from the balcony not so long before.

Ai open the drawer and takes a look if what the contents that it might be holding.

There she reads

"This hotel is fucking strange like what the heck with all this? The food here at least is decent with the help of this nice lady. Good thing she keeps it a secret that I'm here. I'm going to go to the top floor at night to look at the moon and stars. I've read it in the book here that the most amazing part of it is there and there's a small chance that if you were to wish there in a full moon, it is bound to be true"

The first thoughts that came to Ai's mind was

Dang this kid has a potty mouth

"Wait a second lady? Could it be his mom? Wait no that'd be dumb, what lady would even hide a kid to roam around this place?"