“I want you to go back to the Melee Zone when you get there. Enjoy your week of vacation, dear. I’ll be there soon enough.”

Teradyne whimpered as she read the text message on her phone again. Her master had already surprised her with an intense day the last …

Ding!

Gallows quickly ran into the second room of her small design lab, opening what looked like a microwave. Her talons grasped a pair of spray-paint-sized plastic bottles, pulling them out of the compartment and looking them over.

One had the shape of a lion imprinted in the translucent container …