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Chapter 17 - Work Experience at the Hotel

All across the hotel, Miss Bustier's students are doing work experience at the hotel. Kim at the front door with the doorman, Chloe, and Adrien at the front desk, while the others were around the hotel also doing jobs except for Alya and Bridgette, who was standing together doing nothing

"Thank you for letting us do work experience in your hotel, Mr. Mayor." Caline said

"It's my pleasure, Caline." Andre said, and then his mood darkened

"Especially with that new hotel across the street getting built." Andre said

"I'm sure we still have years until it's finished building." Caline said

"I hope you're right." Andre said, and then they both heard laughter behind them, which made them turn, and they saw Alix and Ivan pillow fighting

"You'll also be getting graded for this as well." Caline said

"I don't want any of you to fail." Caline said as she glared at the two

"Uh, yes, miss." Alix said, making Sabrina and the worker giggle while Andre and Caline walked out and into the elevator, where they went down to the ground floor, where she saw Alya and Bridgette doing nothing

"Do you have any jobs for Alya and Bridgette on your list, Andre?" Caline asked, which made Andre check his list, and he saw that he had nothing

"No, I do not." Andre said, which made Alya whisper to Bridgette

"I bet I know who helped Daddy with the list." Alya whispered

"Yeah, so she can snog up next to her precious Adrikins." Bridgette said as they both glared at Chloe

"It must be an oversight, but what do you say about working in the kitchen with your mother, Alya?" Andre asked, but before Alya could say anything, Chloe ran over with a piece of paper

"Daddy!" Chloe shouted as she handed the paper, which made Andre read it

"Uh, I see." Andre said

"Alya, you are on trash duty." Andre said, which made Alya widen her eyes in shock

"Oh, hell no." Alya said

"I don't even want to know what people throw away in the trash." Bridgette said

"Please, swap with me so I can get whatever job you'll have." Alya said

"Nope." Bridgette said

"And Bridgette, you'll do." Andre said, then Jagged Stone, Fang, and Penny walked in, making the entire room gasp

"Wow." Chloe said

"Is that." Bridgette said, which made Andre walk over to Jagged

"Excuse me, this is a luxury hotel. Not a zoo." Andre said, which made Chloe whisper in his ear

"Daddy, that's Jagged Stone. A very famous Rockstar who sold billions of record albums and." Chloe said as she smiled

"He's incredibly wealthy." Chloe said, which made Andre's eyes light up with greed

"Welcome to the Paris Grand Hotel, Mr Stone." Andre said

"I own this fine establishment, Mayor Andre Bourgeois. My hotel is currently the only luxurious hotel in all of Paris." Andre said

"For now." Penny said

"I heard my niece is building her hotel across the street, and she'll be meeting up with me to discuss my apartment in the hotel." Jagged said

"I'm sure, Mr. Stone, we'll have what you'll need then that other hotel." Andre said, which made Jagged Stone smile

"Oh, I'm sure you won't." Jagged said, and then Penny walked forward

"Jagged here would like to book a luxurious hotel suite during his stay." Penny said, which made Andre nod his head

"And it better have a bath for Fang, unlike the other hotels we've been to." Jagged said

"Of course, we'll get that for Ms. Fang." Andre said, which made certain people face palm

"Would you also like the state-of-the-art entertainment system as well?" Andre asked, which made Jagged stare at him

"Fang is me crocodile, your sniffling buffoon." Jagged said

"Right, of course." Andre said

"Would Fang like a bubble bath." Andre said

"Fang hates bubble baths since they dry out his scales. I learned that the hard way when we hatched him from his egg." Jagged said

Vincent Aza snuck in quietly, which made Fang watch him and then follow him. Bridgette and Alya also saw Vincent. Fang snuck up behind Vincent, where he growled at him, which made Vincent jump in fright, making everyone turn towards his location, making Jagged groan on annoyance.

"Not him again." Jagged said

"(Once Marinette's hotel is built, it better have top-notch security than this dump.)" Jagged thought

"Remember me, Jagged. I'm Vincent Aza. What do you say we get a photo together? We can show the entire world that we are best friends. I'm your number one fan." Vincent said, which made Jagged groan

"I know you have been to every one of my shows." Jagged said

"Cool, so look into the lens." Vincent said as he aimed his camera at Jagged, but before Vincent could take a photo, Penny snatched his camera and grabbed Vincent by the scruff of his collar, and dragged him out the door

"This is your last warning. Jagged said No photos. Penny said as she threw him out the door and threw his camera, which he caught

"If I see you taking photos of Jagged Stone again, you can say bye-bye to that camera forever." Penny said, and then she walked back into the hotel while Vincent stood up and walked away, feeling humiliated, disappointed, and angry, which made Hawk Moth send out an akuma

Streets of Paris

The akuma arrived at Vincent's location and infected his camera, which made Vincent hear Hawk Moth's voice

"It's a shame, isn't it? I'm not getting that perfect photo of your masterpiece that you want." Hawk Moth said

"No, that perfect photo, I might not get back." Vincent said

"What do you say about having the power to capture your hero's smile forever." Hawk Moth said

"It would be my pleasure to capture Jagged Stone." Vincent said

"Then, rise up, Pixelator and take perfect photos around Paris and your hero." Hawk Moth said, which made Vincent stand as he transformed into Pixelator, then he zapped an unfortunate elderly couple who just walked around the corner on the street

Le Grand Paris

Jagged Stone, Penny, and Fang went inside the elevator, which it took them up to their hotel room.

"Mr. Bourgeois, sir. You didn't tell us what Bridgette would be doing?" Caline asked

"Of course." Andre said as he read the list

"Bridgette, my dear, your job is going to be a gopher." Andre said, which confused Bridgette

"What's a gopher?" Bridgette asked

"Possibly something worse than Trash duty." Alya said

"A gopher is someone who helps the guests get things for them." Andre said, then he walked away with Alya as he led her to where she'll be working

"What's your name, girl?" Jagged asked

"I'm Bridgette Cheng. Jagged." Bridgette said

"Is there any relation to Marinette Dupain-Cheng?" Jagged asked

"She's my cousin." Bridgette said

"What do you say about washing Fang for me while I wait for your cousin to bring the sunglasses I requested for her to make?" Jagged asked, which made Bridgette smile

"I always wanted to wash Fang." Bridgette said as she walked into the bathroom

Outside the hotel

Marinette parked her motorbike on he street where she turned off her engine and took her helmet where she shook her head to get rid of the helmet hair she had and once she was done she put her helmet away under the seat where she locked the seat up so no one can steal anything from inside and headed to the entrance where the doorman and Kim blocked her way which made her sigh

"Do we really need to go through this again." Marinette said, and then she pointed at the construction site across the street

"Remember, my hotel is being built. Remember, once it's fully built, this hotel will lose money, and you will be out of a job. So what's it going to be?" Marinette said, which made the Doorman sigh and move out of the way

"Thank you." Marinette said, and then she looked at Kim, who was still standing in the way

"Is your helper going to move, or will I have to use force to do it." Marinette said as she started to crack her knuckles, which made the doorman look at Kim

"She allowed in." The Doorman said, which made Kim move out of the way, making Marinette smile

"Thank you." Marinette said as she walked inside and headed to the elevator where she looked at her phone where she saw what floor and room number Jagged was in, but before she could walk any further Chloe stood in her way

"Excuse me, who do you think you are?" Chloe asked, which made Marinette bring out her platinum card, making Chloe smile

"Thank you for visiting my father's hotel." Chloe said as she moved out of the way, which made Marinette continue walking

"Wow, whoever that girl is, she had the platinum card. The rarest cards for the richest people on earth." Chloe said as she watched Marinette enter the elevator

"I wonder who's she's visiting?" Adrien asked

"Does it matter? She's spending her money here at Daddies Hotel." Chloe said

"I hope I can be that rich someday." Chloe said as she sighed as she watched the elevator doors closed, making Adrien roll his eyes

Luxurious Floor, Jagged Stone's room

"These are awesome." Jagged said as he looked at the glasses

"I tried to incorporate fireworks into the glasses, but I thought launching fireworks out of the glasses would burn Jagged's hair, so instead, I put lights into them instead." Marinette said

"Uh, I don't see any lights?" Jagged asked

"Put them on." Marinette said which Jagged did, and when he did, the lights turned on, which made Penny gasp, which made Jagged walk up to the mirror where he smiled at his new shades

"Rock and Roll." Jagged said as he took them off, which made the lights turned off

"Oh, why did the lights turn off?" Jagged asked

"That's where science comes into this." Marinette said as she carefully took the sunglasses out of Jagged's hands

"For the lights to turn on, there are sensors on the frames that pick up on your electric currents that go through your body like your neural network that's in your brain or your nervous system." Marinette said

"Has this been tested before you gave it to me?" Jagged asked, which made Marinette nod her head

"Of course, I wouldn't risk my uncle like that." Marinette said, and then she laughed, making Jagged and Penny look at her

"I'm sorry for laughing." Marinette said

"Then why did you laugh?" Penny asked

"The light in your sunglasses doesn't require a neural network to work." Marinette said

"Then how do they turn on?" Jagged asked

"Your heartbeat." Marinette said

"My heartbeat, you sure." Jagged said

"Of course." Marinette said

"The neural part is false. We haven't tested using the brain waves yet. Only the heartbeat which we are going in corporate into mobile phones so that way every beat of your heart will charge your phone." Marinette said

"So, no more flat batteries ever?" Penny asked

"It depends on how you'll use your phone." Marinette said, and then she brought out her Ipad

"Since I'm here anyway, what do you say we choose what you want in your apartment once the hotel is built." Marinette said as she showed the floor plans of Jagged's apartment and handed it over to Jagged

"The builders will need to know what furniture will be going into your apartment." Marinette said

"How long until the hotel is built?" Penny asked

"Currently, they have finished the carpark and are building on the reception area as we speak." Marinette said

"So we got a year until it's finished building?" Penny said

"It's more like 9 months or less." Marinette said

"I hope you ain't cutting corners on the construction?" Penny asked

"Nope, I don't do that." Marinette said, then she walked to the door, where she looked back

"Once my hotel is finished building, there will be two entrances at the front." Marinette said

"Why two?" Jagged asked

One entrance for normal folks and the other for people like Jagged Stone who don't want to deal with their fans like Vincent Stalker Aza." Marinette said then she walked out and closed the door, where she headed to the elevator which it opened then she walked in and pressed the ground floor button. When she looked out just as the doors were closing, she saw an akumatized villain zapping people away, which made her press the stop button on the elevator which made the elevator to stop moving and she quickly went onto the Bugout blog to write the info on the akumatized villain

Active Akuma alert

Location: The Grand Paris Hotel

Victim: Vincent Aza

"How can you tell it's Vincent Aza?" Tikki asked

"Face recognition software contact lense in my eye." Marinette said

Target: Jagged Stone

Reason: Not getting a photo with his number 1 idol Jagged Stone

Heroes on Scene:

Ladybug: Currently at the location

Chat Noir: Not on sight.

"Come on, Tikki. We have an akuma to cleanse." Marinette said

"Spots on." Marinette said as she transformed into Ladybug, and she reactivated the elevator, which was brought back up to the floor where she jumped out and headed to Jagged Stone's room where she saw Pixelator has Jagged cornered so she grappled her yo-yo around Jagged and pulled him towards her

"Get out of here, Jagged. I have him." Ladybug said, which made Jagged nod his head as he ran out of his room and into the elevator

"Ladybug, I heard terrible things about you." Pixelator said

"Getting akumatized because you didn't get a photo of Jagged Stone." Ladybug said

"I am his number one fan." Pixelator said

"It's more like his biggest stalker ever." Ladybug said, making Pixelator growl

"Those lovely earrings would be perfect for Hawk Moth to have." Pixelator said

"Too bad he won't be getting them." Ladybug said as she dodged Pixelator's digitized beams until he struck her arm, making him smile

"Looks like you have already lost, Ladybug." Pixelator said

"Not yet, I haven't." Ladybug said as she threw a couch towards him, which blocked his view of her, making her run out of the room and down to the lobby, where she saw Jagged. So with her normal arm, she grabbed him and dragged him out of the hotel, where they both heard glass getting smashed as Pixelator entered the lobby just as they left

"Where are you taking me, Ladybug?" Jagged asked

"At a location where Pixelator would never look." Ladybug said

"And that would be?" Jagged asked, which made Ladybug smile at him

"Just wait." Ladybug said as she continued dragging him down the street

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