X-frames getting produced meant that the next stage of the game would be beginning. Members of the government and the military would soon be getting involved to stop us from their other missions. We could deal with them too if needed though. The cyborgs would be getting a large increase to their stats for this as well. The cyborgs from the Red Grind constantly made trips down to the lounge to wait and hang out. The knights were suspicious, but there was nothing they could do. When they were on their shifts driving at the cabs, they wanted to go down and look at the research as it was being done. I refused them. Their obsession was getting a bit out of hand. I could see how the humans had the chance to stop them. Their myopic focus allowed them to make mistakes. If a Foundry was ever discovered, all of the cyborgs in the region would be exterminated. They simply would not be able to help themselves from going in order to build the X-frames. It was also why Paul Brett and I made the executive decision to not let them access the blueprints for a further 4 days after neurooptics were done.
I thought it would be better if we could have more at a time. We wanted to set the next X-frame to be researched in peace. We also wanted to start fabricating all of their blueprints that we had finished. They did not take it well. I swore they were mere seconds from trying to kill us. The base design for XF-10F was done. There were 2 sets of blueprints for the whole of XF-06Mx. We gave it to Alex and Alexis as they earned it from the mission. They took a cab and drove for the Foundry. We gave them all the cash and resources they needed for it. It took a full 2 weeks for them to come back. While we were waiting, the others were back to taking the petty missions in the town and working for the clan in our businesses. They drove into the depot while the drivers were out. Behind them was a large truck. A tall and muscle bound cyborg wearing a delivery uniform stepped out the truck. "You know the rules. No unauthorized access." he said as he looked at me. Alex and Alexis gave me pleading looks. "I guess now is as good a time for a break as any other." I sighed. I decided to go to the Red Grind.
Zipping over in my car, I went inside the strip club. Katie and Maroon were there. Red was off on a mission alone. Brett was with him providing back up. "Alex and Alexis are back at the cab depot. Want to come see it?" They both obviously wanted to see it. Both of them grabbed my arms and practically dragged back me to the cab. Katie got behind the wheel. "I can get us there faster without getting pulled over by the police." she said. I just sighed at that. It was true. She got us there and the truck was gone. Alex and Alexis were both beaming. We went down to the Main Hall in the clan building and we saw that two pod that were filled. There were 20 in total and they were all open aside from the occupied ones. Alex and Alexis stood beside the ones they had created. They opened them up and allowed us to see what they looked like up close. They were both beautiful and 10 feet tall. They were both sleek and matte black with neon green accents. Both had a neon green lotus flower on a shiny black lily pad. Both of them has the cut musculature of an athlete. All the similarities ended there.
You could see the jealousy etched on the faces of the others. Alex's X-frame had a medieval bucket helmet design for his X-frame. The bucket was metallic black and the visor was a dark neon green. The biomaterial of the body was the same matte black, but the biometal was neon green to lighten it up. There was a green metallic cup covering the groin. On the back was a neon green rocket booster in the shape of an opened lotus. Alexis's had a cybernetic ninja helmet for the neurooptics. It had a six green rectangular segments where the mouth should have been in 3 rows of 2. There was also a singular circle for the eyes that lit up white. Instead of green biometal, it was gray. There were small neon green patterns covering the biomaterial like tattoos all over the X-frame however. On the chest was the lotus. This lotus was an easily detachable bomb that could level a 12 story building. The particulars of the design was based on the cyborg's creativity and preferred operationality. Because the whole process took so long, we had the full blueprints for XF-10F. I gave them to Ryder and Claire.
