Valeria gave a familiair whistle to ask Zip to come along and join her outside. It would be much safer for him outside the bubble than inside the bubble. And she had to take a long unused zetta-drive from her old lab to make sure a program she hadn't interacted with in a long time was safe outside with her. If this EMP sweep didn't work, she was pretty sure nothing she had would.

About 20 minutes later she was ready, computer set up and back up programs for the house safely secured. Now she just had to wait for the others to join her when they were ready.