I Told You Not to Buy a Robot by Aleyana Noel
The Russian spies came back after 4 years of trying their best to get R.R.I’s (Rodriguez Robot Industry) plans for their next robot. They failed miserably so many times. They were on the verge of giving up until they spotted Ella coming home after hanging out with her friends. They waited until she got into a quiet alley and did not hesitate to bag her head and throw her into the back of a sketchy white van. Ella thought in her head, irritated and flustered, ahh here we go again. They brought her into a warehouse where they questioned and beat her. Ella did not say anything to them, up until the spies began to threaten her friends and family, the people she cares the most about. They knew she cracked when they mentioned the names of her family and friends so they made a deal. “Okay, listen, little girl. We know how much you care for your loved ones. Well, if you ever want to see them outside of a casket, then you’re going to start playing by our rules!” Ella then responded in a monotone voice. “Fine, I’ll play your game.” “Now that’s what I like to hear,” Alexi, the leader of the Russian spies, responded. “So now what you’re going to do is you will tell us the 17 digit code to the next robot.” “For what?” Ella replied, getting smacked across the face for it. “Listen, you’re not going to ask any more questions, you will obey our every command or the people you love oh so dearly will perish in a matter of seconds,” Alexi said, with a scary tone in his voice. “The code is 13903456782346790,” said Ella. “Aww see it wasn’t that hard to cooperate, was it?” Alexi said, grinning and laughing menacingly. They got the code and began reprogramming one of R.R.I’s robots to test and see if she gave the right code . . . She did. “Hahahaha! WE DID IT! AFTER YEARS OF FAILING WE FINALLY DID IT!” Alexi exclaimed. “Let her go, she’s no longer necessary in the plan. We have all that we need.” Ella was let go, but what she did not know was that giving them 189
