6. We Created a Monster!

6 We Created a Monster! When Droney finished singing that horrible song, Miss Aker suggested we take it outside for a test drive. "THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA!" said Droney. We all went out to the playground. Miss Aker carried Droney and put it down carefully in the middle of the

blacktop. Ms. Beard's camera crew set up their equipment to shoot a video. "This is gonna be cool," I said. "Okay, Droney," said Miss Aker. "Show us what you can do. Go up!" Droney's propellers started to spin and it made a humming noise. Slowly, the robot lifted up off the blacktop and hovered in the air about ten feet over our heads. "Ooooh," everybody oooohed. "Go left, Droney!" ordered Miss Aker. Droney moved left. "Go right, Droney!" ordered Miss Aker. Droney moved right. "Go up, Droney!" ordered Miss Aker. Droney moved up. "Go down, Droney!" ordered Miss Aker. Droney moved down. It was cool. Ms. Beard's team got it all on video. Mrs. Lilly took notes and shot still pictures with her camera.

"As you can see, Droney is very maneuverable," said Miss Aker. I didn't know what that meant, but Droney was darting back and forth all over the place even after Miss Aker stopped giving it voice commands. It was almost like Droney was showing off a little. "Wow, look at it go!" shouted Ryan. "That is amazing!" yelled Alexia. Droney swooped down over our heads. We ducked to get out of the way. "The drone is getting a little too close to the students," said Mr. Klutz. "I'm afraid somebody might get hurt." "Droney," hollered Miss Aker, "be careful not to—" But she didn't have the chance to finish her sentence, because that's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. Droney swooped down behind Mr. Klutz, hovered there for a

second, and then grabbed the back of his shirt with its claw hand. Then Droney lifted Mr. Klutz off the ground! "What the—" shouted Mr. Klutz. "Ha ha, very funny. Put me down, Droney!" "Are you getting all this?" Ms. Beard shouted at her cameraman. "We are going live nationwide!" "Droney, what are you doing?" shouted Miss Aker. "I AM NOW IN CHARGE," announced Droney as it dangled Mr. Klutz over our heads. "Ha ha," laughed Miss Aker. "Uh... what do you mean?" "I AM THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR LIFE," replied Droney. "THEN I WILL BE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THEN I WILL BECOME KING OF THE WORLD!

BWA-HA-HA!" Oh no! Droney said "Bwa-ha-ha."

You know what that means. The only ones who ever say "Bwa-ha-ha" are evil psychopaths. That's the first rule of being an evil psychopath. "NOOOOOOOOO!" we all shouted. "Let him go!" shouted Ryan. "Help!" hollered Mr. Klutz. "Help!" Ms. Beard and Mrs. Lilly rubbed their hands together with excitement. "This is great!" said Ms. Beard. "I bet I can make this into a miniseries!" "I can see the headline now," said Mrs. Lilly. "PRINCIPAL KIDNAPPED BY INSANE DRONE!" Ms. Beard ran in front of the camera. "This is Ms. Beard, reporting live from Ella Mentry School," she said. "I have breaking news. Droney, a wireless, radio-controlled, speech-synthesized flying robot drone has taken the principal captive. I'm going to try to interview the principal now. How do you feel, Mr.