Perry 2.0

The bell for locker break rang and I fast walked down the hallway just as Chase and Leo were coming down the stairs. All three of us collided with each other and I almost fell on my butt if it hadn't been for Chase who caught me just in time.

"Whoa! Where are you off too Speedy Gonzales?"

I brushed down my top before playfully glaring in Leo's direction "I don't want to be late for Science again."

"Morning germ sacks!"

I groaned and Chase chuckled "Looks like you are going to be late," he said and I pinched his arm. He jumped not expecting it and I had to bite my lip from laughing at his face.

Principal Perry continued to talk through an old microphone attached to the world's smallest amplifier "I know you've all been complaining that the technology isn't quite…" The microphone malfunctioned as Perry tried to fix it. She cleared her throat and spoke again "Isn't quite…" it malfunctioned again and she hit it against her palm. A loud screeched echoed through the halls and everyone, including me, covered their ears. Perry looked sheepish "State of the art," she continued "So, thanks to yours truly, we're getting cutting edge equipment for the whole school to enjoy. JoJo, Betty, come girls, let's wheel it like it's hot!"

Both lunch ladies wheeled in something with a silver sheet over it and Perry said "Behold Mission Creek High's brand new media center!" The sheet was pulled off to reveal a century old television set and VHS player. Nobody uses VHS tapes anymore! Those things are extinct like the dinosaurs.

"I don't think you can call it technology if you have to change the channel with a pair of pliers," Leo said.

"Why do I smell Formaldehyde?"

"Cause I found it on a curb outside the morgue," Oh that's gross and disturbing on so many levels!

"I'm getting all my Christmas presents there too. Aunt Dolly's getting sheets."

Poor Aunt Dolly, I thought, she'll never know her niece is a no good cheap skate.

Chase pointed to the television "How is this thing new?"

"It's new to you lady face," Perry retorted and walked away.

"You would think she'd be fired all ready," I muttered and then quickly went to my locker. Chase trailed behind me.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Class doesn't start for another fifteen minutes. You have plenty of time," He wrapped his arms around my torso and placed his forehead against mine "Plenty of time to kiss your boyfriend."

"We can't," I replied "Perry's coming back."

Chase groaned and muttered how great timing our principal was.

"Okay," we heard and joined the group again "let's fire up the media center!"

She plugged it in and an old stand by screen popped up for a few minutes. It then started sparking and the lights went out "Minor setback," she said "for the record, you all look much better in this light."

"Great," I said "How long are the lights going to be out?"

"The backup power generator should kick in soon," Chase said, his hand held in mine "But since we're in the dark…"

I giggled and kissed him quickly on the lips. He groaned again before Leo spoke up next to us.

"It may be dark but no one wants to hear you two swapping spit. It's just gross."

Even though he couldn't see me, I rolled my eyes "Just for the record Leo, if you ever get a girlfriend, I'll make sure she hears every embarrassing detail of you that I know of. And trust me," I scoffed "I know a lot Leo. Like a book full."

"You wouldn't dare!"

Chase laughed "Trust me Leo…she does," he said "So do you want to study with us after school in the lab?"

"Yeah, I'd love too," I replied.

"I have one condition!" Leo started. Here we go "No PDA is aloud while I'm with you."

"No promises Leo," Chase said and I smirked.

"Oh come on!" Suddenly the lights came back on and the bell rang for next period.

"Shoot! I am so going to be late. My class is on the other side of the school!"

"Don't forget, right after school!" Chase told me.

"I won't forget. I love you."

Chase smiled before kissing me softly "I love you too. Always."

And I ran as fast as my legs could carry me.

We were down in the lab studying for history when Chase got Leo and mine's attention "Guys, look on page forty seven of your history books," I flipped to that page and sighed.

"I don't have a page forty seven. I have a four, a twelve, a thirty two and, what I hope is gum, on ninety eight."

"This book is so old," Chase said "Listen to this. Chapter four: Horseless carriages taking over the streets of America."

I sighed before flipping through the tattered pages of my textbook and cringed at the graphic drawings on each page. Whoever had this book before me was none too pleased with our history teachers lessons.

"Other schools teach on lap tops and tablets. We're reading from textbooks that warn us the British are coming," Leo replied referring to a page he was on "We need to do something to bring Mission Creek High to the twenty first century."

I nodded "Something does need to be done," I replied "I'm getting tired of these stupid drawings over the text. I can't make out what this page says because someone wrote 'Dying of Boredom' all over the page in bold letters."

Mr. Davenport came in right after I said this "Ooh! Maybe I can help?!"

"No!" All three of us stated and Mr. Davenport took a step back from our outbursts.

"What?" Davenport said before pointing to himself "I am a genius tech mogul. I could revolutionize your whole school. Why wouldn't you want me to help?"

"Because every time you try to help, it starts in a good place, but then you're ego takes over and ruins everything," was Leo's reply and I couldn't help but to agree.

"That is not true," Mr. Davenport said "Give me one example."

"Last week you gave me a new back pack," Leo said.

"You said you needed a back pack."

"A back pack," Leo picked up a while back pack with Mr. Davenport's face on the front pocket and underneath said 'Davenpack' "Not this."

"All the guys in the office love theirs," Mr. Davenport said.

Yeah like that's something to be proud of. That thing is hideous to look at.

"Trust me, they don't."

"You don't get it," Chase said "This is our school you're talking about."

"Yeah whatever disaster you create there, it will affect us every day," Leo finished.

Mr. Davenport placed his hands on the guys' shoulders "Guys I promise I won't embarrass you. This is about your school, not about me."

"Well our school could really use the help…"

Leo caved "Fine but you keep that ego under control."

Mr. Davenport scoffed "Don't worry my ego is officially checked." Soon his phone went off with his own voice singing and we gave him a look as if to say 'under control, huh?'

"Well come on, that's just catchy." He tried to reason with us but it wasn't working out so well.

Mr. Davenport soon left and we continued to study our century old text books. After about a half hour I shut mine harshly making both the boys jump and the binding to the book fall completely apart. I winced as all the papers fell to the floor "Just what I needed."

Chase rushed over and helped me pick up my mess "Maybe it's a good thing Mr. Davenport is going to revamp the school," I told him "So things like these doesn't happen again."

"Let's just hope he doesn't go overboard this time."

When we walked into school the next day the school hallway was filled with high tech gear. I smiled and slid my hand down to intertwine with Chases as we marveled at everything. Mr. Davenport spotted us as he came down the steps.

"Hey guys, check it out! Electronic bulletin boards, tablets instead of textbooks and this is the coolest part," Mr. Davenport walked us over to Leo's locker "Check it out. By the end of today I will have fingerprint scanners on all the lockers. We were going to do retinal scanning but it turns out eyeballs are highly flammable."

I winced and brought my hand up to the corner of my eye. When I looked at Chase he was doing the same thing. Leo just looked kind of scared at first before Mr. Davenport brought his finger to touch the pad on the locker. It lit up red before flashing green. The locker greeted him before opening up.

That is so cool! Like James Bond cool!

"So what do you think?"

"I think it's going to be a lot harder to get out of when someone locks me inside," Leo quipped before Mr. Davenport shut his locker.

"I got to hand it to you Mr. Davenport. This is amazing," Chase told him.

"See, I told you it would be great."

Suddenly the happiness evaporated when I saw what was walking out of Principal Perry's office. Leo and Chase saw it too.

"And I see you gave Principal Perry a makeover," Leo joked "I especially love what you've done to her face."

"Zip it Dooley," the robot Perry replied and Mr. Davenport giggled like a school girl.

"That's not Principal Perry. That's Robo-Perry! She's robot!"

"And she's beautiful!" Perry exclaimed before gushing over her new look-a-like.

Leo covered his eyes "Make it stop!"

Perry was still marveling over Robo-Perry and Mr. Davenport continued to explain "Anyway, I designed Robo-Perry so she could roam the halls handing out detentions while…"

Perry cut him off "I'm on a three hour lunch break," she giggled "Or lurking elsewhere."

I shivered. Man she's one creepy lady.

"How could you do this?" Chase asked him.

"Simple," Mr. Davenport said like Chase was just asking a simple question "I, uh, took the foundations of robot I built for private security and I repurposed the software and then, of course, I matched her vocal pattern. It wasn't easy matching the gravel truck unloading with a bear in labor but I got it."

"I always wanted a super cute twin sister," Perry told us and I shivered because now there was two she-devils roaming the halls "I'm going to buy us matching bikinis," Both Perry and her robot posed and I hid my face on Chase's shoulder. I seriously didn't need or want that disturbing image in my head!

"And I'm gonna gouge my eyes out," Leo said.

"Shut it Dooley," both Perry's said before hugging each other "Thanks Doug," she went to hug him but Mr. Davenport tried shooing her away from him.

"You're welcome."

Chase pulled him away from duo Perry's "Why would you make another Perry?"

"Principal Perry said if I make her life easier, she's going to name a wing of the school after me," Why am I not surprised?

"You sold us out just to have your name above a doorway?"

"Once again your ego takes over and ruins everything!" Leo said and I couldn't agree more. One Perry is enough. Two just makes everything seem like we're living in hell.

"Hey if my name in this school brings more prestige and funding because I'm so awesome, that's a win, win, win. That's three wins! That's a Daven-win!"

"More like a Daven-lose," I muttered before pulling on Chase's hand to our first period. Once we were away from everybody I said "What are we going to do Chase? One Perry is bad enough but two? I don't think I can handle that."

Chase sighed and kissed my forehead "Everything is going to be alright. I'll figure something out."

"Just promise me something, okay?" Pulling him closer and kissing the corner of his mouth I muttered "Just don't go overboard with this."

"When have I ever gone overboard with a plan?" Chase asked and I just looked at him.

"You really want to go there?"

My boyfriend sighed "I guess not."

Around lunch I found Chase and Leo eating in the hallway "What are you guys doing out here?"

"We were shunned," Leo pouted "Stupid Robo-Perry,"

"Keep it up Jim Parker and you will be in detention forever you, searching database for insult, mouth breather."

"Great! Everybody at school hates us!" Chase said.

"Yeah but now its high tech hate," Leo replied.

I frowned "I don't hate you guys," I sat down next to Chase and rubbed his arm.

"Thanks Katie," Chase said before kissing my temple. I cuddled closer to him trying to make him feel better. I hate seeing him hated like this. No one deserves this.

Mr. Davenport strutted through the hall "Hey how come you guys aren't eating in the Davenportaria?"

"Funny thing," Chase said "When your dad creates an even worse version of the worse principal ever, kids tend to turn on you."

Just as he said that, a kid wacked Chase's banana out of his hand before walking away like nothing happened.

"Look, don't worry; I'm sure this will all blow over once kids get use to Robo-Perry." Mr. Davenport said "Remember when you first met Leo? You couldn't stand him."

Leo slowly started to look over at Chase and Chase looked like he was a deer caught in a head light.

"Donnie D!"

"Principal P!"

I was so grossed out when they started doing their own handshake and then hip bumping…twice!

"Old people," Leo started "You don't think you are but you are."

"You are a genius," Perry praised Mr. Davenport.

"And you are a master of the obvious," Both adults started to laugh and I wanted to so badly get up and leave. But then I would be leaving my boys behind to suffer. And honestly, what kind of person would I be if I did?

"Robo-Perry is amazing," Perry started "I know it's only been a few days but," Perry inhaled "Do you smell that?"

Chase smirked "Moist cat food?"

"I was running late! I grabbed a can! I thought it was tuna! Live with it!" That is so gross. Even if I was running late, I still wouldn't grab a can of anything! There are things called granola bars.

Perry continued to drone on and on "Fear," she said "it's fear and it's everywhere. It's the best smell in the world."

"I prefer crisply minted hundreds but whatever floats your boat Perry bomb."

Seriously, can we stop with the nicknames? I think I'm going to be sick if they keep this up.

"Listen, I was telling the superintendent how wonderful Robo-Perry is and he's bringing the entire school board by this afternoon to check her out. Soon, if we're lucky, there will be a Robo-Perry in every school in the district."

I tugged on Chase's sleeve "We have to do something Chase!" I whispered "This can't go further than Mission Creek High!"

"After that," Mr. Davenport spoke "Every school in America."

"Great. Now every kid we've never met will hate us."

"Donald Davenport: the children's savior. I'm gonna make so much money."

"I think I'm going to be sick," I said before rushing to the girl's bathroom.

A little after lunch, an empty stomach and a couple of breath mints later, I was feeling a little better. There was a knock on the girl's bathroom door "Katie, its Chase, are you okay baby?"

I sighed before opening the door "Yeah, I'm fine. I guess I couldn't keep my lunch down when I found out that there could possibly be more Perry's roaming around."

Chase smiled before taking my hand "Well you won't have to worry about that. Leo and I have a plan. Come on."

We found Leo and spotted Robo-Perry charging "Okay coast is clear, everybody's in class and Robo-Perry is charging."

"I just need to find out where Mr. Davenport put her control panel," Chase then used his bionics to find it "Hundreds. Hundreds of places to choose from and he puts it there," Chase lifted Robo-Perry's arm where the panel was.

"Gross," was my reaction.

Leo patted his back "Have fun,"

"She's a robot! How does she sweat?"

As Chase was doing his thing, I had to look away from the sweaty robot. Once he was done, I turned my head back around to find Chase sighing "There we go. Instead of seeing Robo-Perry patrolling the halls, the school board will see this."

Chase put her arm down and unplugged her. Robo-Perry then got up and started doing the robot, which I found quite enjoyable. Then Chase and Leo danced with her and I rolled my eyes.

I smiled when I saw Mr. Davenport shriek "What did you guys do to her?"

"Tapped into her control panel and adjusted the settings. You messed with us, now it is payback time."

"No, no Perry's original programing was for military patrol. Any unauthorized user tampers with it, resets to its factory default!"

"So reset her date and time," Chase told him like it was the most reasonable thing to do "Big deal."

"The factory default is search and destroy!" Davenport yelled "Now it's locked in and now I can't stop it."

Mr. Davenport turned around and Robo-Perry's eyes glowed red "Threat detected," Davenport shrieked again "Destroy," Mr. Davenport was then thrown across the hallway.

"Now that's what you call a Davensplat."

Chase nodded his head before all three of us rushed to help Mr. Davenport out. This day can't get any better, can it?

I don't know how long Robo-Perry was destroying things but I stayed well away from her when she was throwing around heavy trash cans at us.

"We've got to stop her before she destroys the whole school."

"But what can we do?" I asked.

"I think I can divert her attention and lure her into that empty classroom. We just need some bait," Davenport, Chase and I slowly looked to Leo who was nodding his head but soon he realized who we were talking about.

"Me? Why me?"

"Well, because, you're…" Both were struggling and I bit my tongue.

"Brave?" Leo asked and Chase and Mr. Davenport agreed "Alright I'll do it," Leo placed his hands on his before whispering "Hey Robo-Perry over here!"

Mr. Davenport pushed him closer "Oh get over there!"

Then in a strong voice Leo got Robo-Perry's attention "Hey! Over here butts and bolts."

Oh no. Goodbye Leo. It was nice knowing you!

"Tiny threat detected."

Leo turned to us "Okay I am too big to be tiny and too tiny to be a threat."

Robo-Perry soon was chasing Leo in circles before he led her into the empty classroom. I cringed as the three of us watched Leo get thrown around and try to fight back.

"Aim for the bolts," Mr. Davenport suggested.

Robo-Perry blocked the doorway but Leo slid under her before pushing her into the room. The four of us slammed the door shut and held it in place.

"Leo are you okay?"

Leo then began rocking back and forth, his eyes wide in panic. I crouched down next to him and placed an arm around his shoulders "Guys, I have seen some things."

Robo-Perry was still trying to make her way out of the empty classroom. Chase and Mr. Davenport held the door closes and tried to keep it that way.

"How could you guys do this to me?"

"We had too," Chase replied frantically "You doubled the Perry which doubled our pain."

I still had my arm around Leo's shoulder "Pain!" Leo shot back "You don't know pain."

"Leo calm down," I shushed him.

"I am a damaged little boy," Leo replied and I rolled my eyes.

Robo-Perry began banging on the door "Maybe you guys are right. From now on, I will not let my ego get the better of me, which should be hard because I am so awesome at everything." Mr. Davenport looked back "Oh great, the school board."

While Mr. Davenport stalled Perry and the school board, Leo and I helped Chase keep Robo-Perry trapped in the empty class room. We tried the best we could but Robo-Perry was stronger and ripped the door off its hinges. Chase placed me behind him in a protective stance.

"There she is," Perry gushed "Come give your sissy a kissy."

Robo-Perry's eyes glowed red "Threat detected."

"Threat? I'm not threat. What are you talking about?"

"Destroy. Destroy."

"Destroy me? Oh honey many have tried," Perry said as Robo-Perry came after her "I don't think so."

Soon it was Principal Perry vs. Robo-Perry.

"Alright, I don't know what's going on but you're going down metal me."

"No you are going down fleshy me," Robo-Perry replied before both of them wrestled each other.

"We're not getting much of an education but where else can you see this?" Leo smiled. Chase and Mr. Davenport laughed agreeing with our tiny friend.

I winced as Robo-Perry aimed for Principal Perry's head "This is something more out of the Twilight Zone."

It looked like Principal Perry was getting tired. She looked over Robo-Perry's shoulder to us "Don, what's going on? I don't think I can hold her much longer. She's too strong. You must have given her some of my unrivaled rage." She was then thrown backwards.

"Careful," Mr. Davenport winced.

Soon Bree and Adam rushed in and a screaming student was yelling for Principal Perry. When he saw who he was talking to, he screamed before being thrown on top of the school board.

"Ah, now she knows how to lift," Adam said.

"I see stars and yellow moons and green clovers."

Poor kid; he's already seeing his lucky charms.

Chase spoke up "Mr. Davenport, how are we going to stop Principal Perry?"

"We don't have a choice. You're gonna have to use your bionics."

"You want us to expose ourselves in front of the school board?" Chase asked.

"No, he wants us to use our bionics in front of the school board," Adam said and, again, I rolled my eyes "This guy."

"Look we have to do something," Davenport explained "Robo-Perry is going to destroy the entire school. Just do it."

As the three of them got ready to attack, the next thing kind of went by in a blur.

Principal Perry started screaming before tackling Robo-Perry to the ground. She then ripped off the head "There can be only one!"

"Still one too many," Leo muttered back before fist bumping Chase.

I sighed now that everything was over and done with.

The bell rang and everyone slowly entered the halls. Some people stopped in their tracks when they say Principal Perry holding a sparking head in her hands. Perry shook her head "Quit staring maggots and move along!"

One Perry is more than enough…