An Average Life: Resort

Part 6

Grace looked around for a place to land and sighed.

"I guess I can just land in the parking lot." She said. "I hope there's room."

She landed the helicopter, and stepped into the back to look inside Mira and Coral's tank.

"You two alright?" She asked.

Coral held a thumbs up while trying to stop herself from throwing up.

"I don't think she's ever flown before." Said Mira.

"Understandable." Replied Grace.

Grace leaned into her walkie-talkie.

"This is Grace, calling for Ripple. Get to the underground water system thing." She said. "Don't go in yet, I'm going to meet you there."

"Alright." Replied Ripple. "I'll try and find my way there."

Grace covered the tank with a tarp, unloaded it, and began pushing it through the concrete lot, struggling as she did so.

"It'd be great if I had some help.." She groaned, barely managing to get it up to the front doors and into the lobby.

Meanwhile, Servo, Ripple and Tina were sitting at the front desk, looking through the security camera footage. Ripple had gotten Grace's call, and was preparing to leave.

"Where is the entrance to the pipe maze?" She asked.

"Oh." Said Tina. go to the bottom floor, past the pool, and into the door that says employees only."

Tina opened a desk drawer and pulled out two keys.

"One is for the employees only door, and the other is the entrance to the water treatment plant. Don't lose these."

"Got it. Thank you, ma'am."

"Please hon, it's just Tina. Good luck!"

And with that, Ripple walked away. Servo went back to looking at the computer.

"A lot of the footage has been wiped.." They said. "Who has access to the cameras?"

"Me." Replied Tina. "Oh, and Barry in the security room, but he told me his computer died."

Servo continued clicking through the feeds.

"When did the helicopter show up?" They asked.

"Two days ago. Around 9'o clock." Said Tina. "We were serving hot cocoa to the night skiiers."

Servo nodded. They went to the specific time and date, and waited. They saw the helicopter land, but the footage cut out before it's owner stepped out.

"Hold on.."

They checked the hallways, the janitor's closets, and even the pool, and eventually saw something that caught their eye. Around one hour after the helicopter landed, someone walked up to the back door with what appeared to be a key. They put it into the lock, opened the door and stepped inside. Servo caught a glimpse of their face, and zoomed in. They were a light brown dog or fox with red hair.

"Well, we found our culprit." Said Servo.

Tina giggled and clapped her hands.

"Don't get too excited yet. We still need to know what he's up to, and how to catch him."

Meanwhile, Citrus and Skylar had made their way to almost every single room in the resort.

"Just a few more." Said Skylar. "Then we can take a break."

"Good." Replied Citrus. "This is boring."

Citrus knocked on one door, and nobody answered. They peeked into the keyhole, and saw that the room was completely dark, though the keypad said 'occupied'

"Weird.." She said.

She moved to the next door, and knocked. After a few seconds, a tan dog with pointed ears and red hair answered the door. He raised an eyebrow.

"Good evening." Said Citrus. "We're with The Wildflower Undercover Agency. Do you mind showing us your ID and proof that you have made a reservation for this room?"

"Why?" He replied.

"Because it's what we're asking you to do, sir."

The dog sighed and pulled out his ID. He handed it to Citrus, who gave it to Skylar.

"Dexter Kai." She read.

"Am I in trouble?" Replied Dexter.

"No, sir." Chuckled Skylar, trying to lighten the mood. "Not unless you can provide proof that you didn't sneak in and steal a room."

Just then, Skylar's walkie-talkie beeped.

"Hey, someone snuck in and stole a room." Said Servo. "He's a light brown dog with pointed ears and red hair. Possibly a Shiba Inu."

Skylar looked up at Dexter, then to Citrus. She then leaned into her walkie-talkie, and replied.

"Cowabunga."