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Brandon

“I was doing my job when these men came into my workplace and cornered me.” Brandon accused Alexander, TR, Ruben and Logan for invading his work area and personal space.

Brandon was checking the recent activity of the portals until he heard footsteps coming closer. He turned over his shoulder to see the intruders. His sleek steampunk glasses shielded him from the impact of Ruben's fist, though it didn't stop Brandon from falling backwards to the ground.

“What the hell!?” Alexander shouted as he walked up to pick Brandon, Logan also followed to help Alexander hoist Brandon up from the floor while TR headed for the equipment, eyeing it. “What is wrong with you?!” Alexander spat at Ruben while the curly haired Rubrum rolled his eye.

“It isn't Rave equipment, shit.” TR checked the equipment, disappointed with brows furrowed.

“It's a load of malarkey! I wanna know where they hiding the prize money.” Logan glared at Ruben throught the lens of his glasses while Brandon did the same.

“We're not here for the prize money, you dolt.” TR trekked to his teammates.

“Some investigators you are. None of you found a single clue about the prize money nor asked about the armed guards that crushed your bird.” Ruben scoffed.

Armed guards? A bird? Brandon asked himself.

“A drone is not a bird, Ruben.” Logan corrected him.

A drone? Brandon thought before he connected the dots.

“But it can fly.” The Cinnabarian refuted.

“Drones hover, they don't fly.” Logan said matter of fact.

Supervisor Penumbra had informed him about a drone that one of the caretakers have struck down a couple of hours ago. Then he recalled about the corrupted data that the hacker left behind, the security system had lost footage. That explained why the A.I.D. sent an alert on his device.

“Crows fly! Are you calling me a liar?!” Ruben barked.

“Crows aren't drones, ya big dummy!” TR sneered.

“Then what are they?” Ruben interrogated petulantly.

“So you are the ones who hacked the security system.” Brandon hypothesized.

“What?” Ruben was even more confused at the accusation. Alexander slapped his forehead in a facepalm.

“This was a terrible idea.” The leader of the group stated.

Brandon sent an alert while the RAVE men and Ruben were arguing. The automaton scanned the perimeter and shot a beam to teleport Brandon out of his work station before the same automaton shot a beam to detain the intruders in a barrier and escorted them out.

“At least I found out who the hacker was through the ordeal.” Brandon stated as he finished giving his declaration of the events related to his person.