CHAPTER SIX, not so smart phone

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Adam and Leo were in the lab with Emilia, as she watched them set up for a game of bowling, when Bree and Chase walked in while dressed in their work uniforms since they've just finished another shift, and the latter interrupted. "Hey, guys, check it out. We just got our first pay checks from Tech Town."

"Nice! What are you gonna spend it on? A video game? New kicks?" Leo gave Chase ideas on what he wanted for his birthday. "A birthday gift for a sibling who wants a video game and new kicks?"

"Nope." Chase pursed his lips. "I'm gonna open a savings account." He told the group, who weren't impressed with his idea at all as his sister scoffed before telling him. "I want to like you, but you make it so hard."

Emilia shook her head, watching as Bree walked off before she turned back to Chase who grabbed her and Leo's attention by mentioning. "The job also comes with perks." He pulled a phone out of his pocket, making Emilia gasp upon seeing the new phone model. "The new ePhone 7?!"

"Those aren't even out yet!" Leo was still gaping at Chase's new phone. "How'd you get one?"

"Well, guys," Chase looked between the two and went to explain. "as a rising star of Tech Town empire—" Bree was quick to interrupt as she held up her phone before reminding him. "We all got one."

Chase ignored his sister and smiled at Emilia and Leo as he resumed his explanation. "People are already lined up for the big release Friday. You should've seen the crazed looks in their eyes when I walked by with this thing." Chase stopped in that moment when him and Emilia noticed the Dooley boy looking at the phone with the same crazy eyes that he was talking about. "Yup, that's the look."

Leo grabbed the phone from Chase's hand and he held it while pointing out. "This version's got the new auto-cantering feature to help you take better selfies." He took a picture of himself before showing the couple, only to share a grimace when he looked at the selfie he took. "Yeah, I don't photograph well." Leo muttered before looking at Emilia with narrowed eyes when she tried to hold in her laugh.

Noticing his eyes on her, the Hunter cleared her throat and excused. "I'm not laughing. It was so not funny." She pursed her lips and looked away, pretending to pull her attention on something else, making Chase smile.

"Point that bad boy over here. You're gonna want to record this perfection." Adam called out at the right time, turning their attention towards him as he held a bowling ball in his hands, prepared to take his turn on the bowling game that was still not fully set up yet.

Up until a few minutes later, when the group had finished setting up indoor bowling, Leo was stood in front of Adam, Chase and Emilia, holding Chase's phone in his hands in position to record them.

"I'm Adam Davenport, and this Bionic Bowling."

Leo then, as the narrator, started his introduction for Adam. "Adam is six-foot-two, a rare combination of incredible strength and not much else." He described, making Adam's face drop for a second before getting ready to bowl. But then, he threw the ball over and knocked all the pins down, making him cheer.

Now with it being Chase's turn to bowl, he looked in the camera and introduced himself and what he was doing. "I'm Chase Davenport, and this is Molecular Kinesis Bowling."

"A native of Mission Creek," Leo started off while narrating. "Chase's hobbies include being a tattle tale and creeping out girls." Which he received an offended look from said boy. "But, to everyone's surprise, he's off limits since he is dating my best friend over here."

The camera moved over to Emilia who was in the middle of drinking her milkshake before stopping to greet. "Sup." She waved to the camera before Leo pointed it back over to Chase, who placed the bowling ball on the ground before using his Molecular Kinesis to roll it. The ball knocked all the pins down, apart from two.

"Oh! Oh, the dreaded 7/10 split!" Leo called, with a grimace. "Devastating. Just devastating."

Adam made fake whimpering noises to join in on mocking Chase who suddenly smirked before he used his molecular kinesis to knock down the last two pins. With him still smirking, Chase looked at the camera and asked. "You were saying?"

"Oh, it's on!" Adam called out, with a determined look on his face before he introduced in front of the camera again. "I'm still Adam Davenport, and this is Blastwave Bowling." He suddenly dropped the ball onto the floor, confusing everyone before he activated his blast wave ability which had hit Chase, leading for the boy to act as the ball as he got thrown across the room and knock down all the pins.

"Chase!" Emilia instantly ran forward to check on him with Adam and Leo behind her, before the latter spoke. "And we have a loser!" This caused Chase to look into the camera, or more likely Leo with an annoyed expression.

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As the next day arrived, Emilia, Bree walked into school with Leo discussing about the amount of limos that we're taking over the parking lot that made him wonder. "Whose limo's blocking the bus lanes?"

Bree shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know but I always wanted to ride in one." She pointed out before chuckling. "They look so classy."

The students furrowed their eyebrows when they heard a trumpet start playing, before they turned towards the doors to see a man standing there as he rolled in a red carpet — followed by Principal Perry, who wore a pink feather boa and a fur coat as she greeted her students. "Mornin', sewer sacks!"

"Then again, looks can be deceiving." Bree spoke with a grimace before the woman approached the trio and excused. "Sorry about blocking the bus lanes. Can't walk too far in these. Haven't worn heels this high since I did the Pageant tour."

"You were in beauty pageants?" Leo looked at her in disbelief, not knowing this information when the woman nodded her head. "Yep, never won though. Apparently, it's not a talent to squat lift a 250 pound barbell while rocking a bikini."

"And yet, look how far it's got you." The banshee remarked before Perry turned to the man behind her and said. "Here's a fiver, Butch. Keep the heater pumping." She winked at the man before he left, earning strange looks from Emilia and Leo.

"So, how did you get a limo?" Bree asked.

"Daddy Davenport just gave me a big chunk of hush money for keeping your bionic secret. I'm wearing your college funds, kids!" Principal Perry explained before calling out to the other students stood around. "Gather 'round, pus pockets. Since I have come into some recent moolah, I have decided to start giving back... to myself. I hereby announce that I'm retiring as Principal effective end of the week." She announced.

"Yes!" Leo let out, loud enough for the girls stood beside him, to flinch, seeing his cheerful reaction to the news. "I dreamed this day would come! Oh it's time, people." He pulled his phone out before playing some music and danced to it.

"Are you done?" Perry asked once he finished his celebration. "Cause I gotta wash that off." She headed over towards the bench and lifted the top bit off to reveal a hot tub.

"You bought the school a hot tub?"

"No, I bought it for me and I'm taking it with me when I go." Perry explained to them. "Much like the vending machine." She added before putting a swimming cap on her head and stood on the bench to pull her coat off, revealing a matching bathing suit underneath — and everyone that saw her, quickly walked away whilst the trio stayed in their spot, watching in shock as Perry laid back in the hot tub before saying to herself. "Oh, yeah. Take that undiagnosed skin condition."

At that, her fur coat slipped from Leo's hands and landed on the floor.

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Moving on to the next day at school, both Emilia and Bree were walking down the stairs when they started hearing music again. They turned around and saw Leo step out with a bright smile on his face before he danced down the stairs, continuing to celebrate Perry's retirement. 

"I have never seen you this happy." Bree pointed out, looking amused by Leo's behaviour, along with Emilia who hummed in agreement. "Me neither." She said.

"I know! With Perry leaving, this baby bird is ready to fly." Leo smiled, waving his hands in a wing motion.

A horn then blared, followed by the doors across the hallway, opening to reveal Perry being carried in with a wheelchair by the man they saw the day before. "Keep your legs warm in case we need to make a hasty retreat." She informed the man who backed out of the hallway before she gathered all the students around her. "Listen up. I am happy to announce that after an exhaustive twenty-two minute search, I have found your new principal!"

She gestured to the doors and in came Trent with a beaming smile on his face, his presence leaving Leo taken aback, thinking he would never see his bully again, or at least was hoping not to.

"Trent?!"

Emilia facepalmed. "Ah jeez."

"That's right, Dooley." Trent approached. "Your new schedule." He passed him the piece of paper as the trio examined it, giving him the chance to explain. "First period: theatre, where you'll perform a one-man version of Annie for the entire school."

As Trent placed a wig on Leo's head, Emilia then looked at Bree before mentioning. "Okay. I don't like him, but I'm excited to see that." Bree agreed with her before they looked back at Trent who continued his explanation. "Then marching band, where you'll be the drum major's baton! And then gym where... well, your embarrassment there goes without saying."

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"All right!" Trent walked out, blowing his whistle before he announced. "I got some good news and I got some bad news. The bad news is I'm instituting a school uniform policy. The good news is only Dooley has to wear it. Come on out, sweet prince!"

Leo walked into the hallway in a huff, dressed in black shorts, a white collared shirt, looking like a prince. Everyone started laughing, including Bree and Emilia before Trent looked at the Davenport girl and smirked. "What are you laughing at? This is your new uniform." He informed and took out a bright pink shirt that had Leo's face printed on the front that said 'I'm related to him'.

"Why are you dragging me into this?" Bree asked in annoyance. "What did I do?"

Trent shrugged. "A, you're related to him, and B, I don't even really know." He answered through a laugh and placed the shirt on her head before he high-fived a student and walked into the principal's office.

Bree took the shirt off her head before she walked ahead of Leo and Emilia and said. "He cannot be Principal! He is worse than she is!"

And to his surprise, Leo agreed. "Okay, I cannot believe I'm saying this..." He trailed off. "but we have to make Perry stay." The Dooley boy cried into his hand, making the girls rub his back in comfort.

Finally, Perry finally resurfaced from the water in the hot tub, making Leo question. "What are you doing down there?"

Perry lifted her goggles to her head before pulling the tube to the snorkel out of her mouth so she could talk. She gestured with her sieve before opening her mouth and answered. "Just checking on my veggie dumplings."

Getting straight to the point, Bree started asking the woman. "Principal Perry, are you sure you want to retire? I mean the position of Principal comes with prestige. You're shaping America's youth."

"If I cared about shaping our youth, I'd still be teaching swim lessons down at the swamp." The woman replied, making Emilia pull a face. "Hey, kid sees a gator comin', he'll swim!"

"Look, this is not gonna work." Leo doubted after pulling the girls aside. "The only way to persuade someone like that is with bribes, and she already has money." He said, which made Emilia grin.

"But what if she didn't?" She perked up, smiling at her own idea. "We still have a few hours before her official resignation. If we can get her to spend all her money, she would have to stay!"

Bree grinned at the girl. "Great idea, Em."

"I don't know, seems kinda crazy." Leo however disagreed, crossing his arms over his chest.

The girls then looked at him, quick to remind the boy as they deadpanned. "Look at your outfit."

"I'm in."

"Principal Perry," Bree called and approached the woman still in the hot tub. "to celebrate your last day, we would like to take you shopping." She suggested to Perry, who shook her head, quickly declining. Pass. Rather die."

"Come on." Emilia sighed, now trying to convince Perry. "With mine and Bree's super speed, we can take you anywhere."

"Exactly." Bree nodded in agreement and leaned her hands on the hot tub like Emilia was before quietly speaking through examples. "Beverly Hills, New York's 5th Avenue..."

Perry smiled and held a hand to her heart while saying. "Well... I am an uptown girl." She thought about it for a moment before agreeing. "Fine. But before we go, can you grab that stray dumpling bobbing around my big toe?" She asked, making the girls grimace in disgust. "No, no, no, no, wait— I can get it. Oh. There, got it." She lifted her leg out the hot tub with the dumpling in between her toes. "Want a bite?" She asked Leo who stared back at her with wide eyes before tilting his head and he told the girls. "You know what's weird? I kinda want a bite."

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A few hours later, Emilia and Bree returned back to school, but now carrying multiple bags in their hands, when they approached Leo who was back in his own clothes, making Bree question. "Hey, where's your uniform?"

"Trent sent it in to the tailor." Leo explained. "He didn't think it was 'snug enough'." Noticing the lack of presence coming from one person in particular, he wondered. "Where's Perry?"

Which Bree explained. "Oh, she wanted to make an entrance."

"Unfortunately." Emilia chimed in before both of them put their bags down when they heard the sound of a trumpet blaring. This was followed by the doors opening and in came Perry, wearing a long, elegant blue dress, hair extensions, a face full of makeup and accessories. "Greetings, peasants! It's fashion time!"

"No offense, but you're 50 years late for the prom." Leo retorted before he and the girls went to check Perry's receipts to see if her money had ran out yet.

As they scanned through the receipts, Bree told the other two. "All right. We're almost there. We just have to finish booking this trip to Spain so Perry can run with the bulls."

"Poor bulls." Emilia muttered.

"They don't stand a chance." Leo added.

Perry then walked out her office with a groan, but she was now dressed in a red a white suit. Almost immediately, they got up and walked over to her as Bree told the woman. "Uh, we need your credit card for one last purchase."

"Forget it, I'm done buying stuff." Perry sighed in defeat. "I thought all this junk would make me happy, but it doesn't. I'm outta here." The woman pouted, and Emilia furrow her brows in thought as an idea was slowly coming to her.

Leo sighed and turned to the girls. "Well, I guess I should get used to Principal Trent. Better go freckle up. Got two shows and a matinee."

"All right, you three. Grab this stuff and toss it in my blimp." Perry instructed, and seeing as this seemed like the right moment, Emilia smirked and stepped towards her. "You know what? No. Do it yourself, Terry." She argued.

Perry shook her head and scoffed. "Excuse me?"

"You're not our Principal anymore, so you can't tell us what to do." Emilia continued, going along with her plan as Bree and Leo finally realised what she was trying to do.

"Yeah, she's right." Leo joined in the arguing with Perry. "We're done taking orders from you."

The trio went to walk away but stopped when the woman yelled all of a sudden. "I said grab my stuff, fungus pigeons!"

The plan was working.

They turned around to face her when she gasped, upon realising. "Wait. This feeling... it's what's missing! None of this junk will make me happy. What really matters in life is... treating people poorly for my own amusement." She approached the three teenagers and stood in between them before adding. "And nothing makes me feel more complete than doing it to you twerps."

"What a wonderful life lesson." Bree hummed sarcastically.

"Guess I'm not gonna retire after all." Perry said and stepped away from them. "It's back to my original plan of working till I drop, and then getting stuffed and mounted over the gym door."

"You know what's weird?" Leo asked and smiled at the girls. "I kinda wanna see that."

"You know what else is weird?" The Hunter girl hummed. "You still wearing that wig."

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