By Finn B.

There once was a friend group made up of five people. Their names were Joe, Bob, Devan and Al. One morning there was a robbery at a water store. This store was where people would go to buy water: small water, pricey water, water served on a bed of water.

The robbery came on the news the next morning. The camera cut to the owner of the store, Grenda J Hydrate. “Oh the horror! That water could have been used for something better. It is almost like the water was robbed by the devil themself,” said Grenda. “Just look at what they did to this kid with no water.”

The camera man zoomed in on a child. “Hi,” said the child.

“Oh no!” Grenda burst out in tears. “Do you see what you have done to this poor child? He can’t even think about what he is going to say anymore!”

“Can I have my water candy now?” said the child.

Grenada just shoved away the child. “You are a good for nothing, water stealer!” she said, pointing into the camera.

Joe turned off the television, “I think we’ve had enough of that, haven’t we?” said Joe.

“Yes,” said Bob.

“Pretty much,” said Devan.

“Affirmitive,” said Al.

“So did anyone steal the water?” asked Joe.

“Nope,” said Devan.

“Not at all,” said Bob.

“Marginally,” said Al. Al was always the smart one in the group. Everything he said was very intelligent and too smart for his own good.

“So is no one going to fess up? ” asked Joe. 

Suddenly a glass of water showed up on the TV screen and the lettering above the glass said “10 days until all water on earth is gone.” As soon as it showed the water, Al left the room. 

“Wait, Why did he run away?” said Devan.

“I don’t know,” said Bob.

“He does that sometimes,” said Joe. 

Al finally emerged out of the dark. “I think I may have an idea of why the store got robbed. It’s because the code was probably something like 1,2,3,4,5,” said Al.

“How do you know? You weren’t even there,” said Joe. Al froze, realizing that he had been caught.

“Well anyways stop being a scaredy cat,” said Devan. He punched Al on the shoulder. Thunk! The sound sounded like metal. 

“Ha, so you found out my secret. My name is A.I. not Al. Al was a typo.” Al took off his mask to reveal another mask then another mask until it showed a robot face. “The reason I stole water is because A.I. needs water for energy. And the water in this town is scarce, so I’m going to steal all the water in the world and be an evil genius.”

Suddenly, though, Bob stole Al’s charger so that AI shut down. Bob plugged his phone in to charge. “What? My phone was dying.”

Then the crew threw AI in a junkyard and he was never seen ever again. The next day all of the water was returned to the water store. 

“This is why I hate A.I.,” said Grenda.

THE END