“With their willingness to test and prod anything they can get their grasp on, do you honestly think all the testing they do at Innocence is tucked away in the labs?” Zane muttered in response to Elsa before starting to walk towards their destination without waiting for Elsa to respond. He was certain that this investigation would be more time consuming than any students that still might be lingering around for a fight but he was willing to stick it out for Bella’s sake.

Bella nodded in response to Elsa’s question as second of the two dice sized bots altered its course towards Bella’s backpack. Another bot the size of a softball emerged from Bella’s backpack and flew besides Elsa. “...like phone...talk and listen…” a voice similar to Bella’s glasses said from the bot. Bella’s eyes darted back and forth as she navigated through her controls for her bot from yer glasses. Happy with the changes that she made, Bella gave a small smile before refocusing on Elsa. “...emergency override...sign stop...noise muted...” Bella said as she demonstrated the sign for stop by making a chopping motion with her right hand into her left palm. “... sign enemy...bot armed...” Bella continued as she demonstrated the sign for enemy. She wasn’t sure what would happen once they reached their destination but to ensure that the other team was protected she was happy to make the temporary authorization changes. 

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Bella’s alchemy powered bot whizzed ahead of the group as they headed towards their destination as the duo watched the bot carefully for any sign of its flight being disrupted. Up until this point the bot flew smoothly as it stayed at the exact height from the ground.

Bella could feel herself losing grip the bot before the bot reacted to the Alchemic Energy starting to diminish by bobbing down a few inches before returning to its previous height. Bella stopped walking and halted the bot in mid air. She watched the bot as it wobbled up and down a few inches even when she was putting effort into stabilizing the bot.

“That’s the first time it has wobbled. Bella, I’m guessing you used the least amount of alchemy to move it so it’s probably very sensitive to any shift in Alchemic Energy.” Zane said which Bella confirmed with a nod. “We’re barely brushing against the edge of this anomaly but the source should be close. I’m guessing our target is down the next hallway or two.”