As soon as the reprogrammer saw us, he got up and moved over. He was a dirty blond young man with a vulgar look to him. It was probably one of the many reasons he did not have luck with the PEP units he was enamored with. He had a wide smile on his face. "Come with me." he said. I nodded and we followed him halfway across the city. The reprogrammer was named Mason. He had a home with a garage in a mid-income housing district. He worked out of his garage. He let us in through his house. I was surprised how normal it was. There was a PEP unit that was on a big table, hooked up to some machines. The cyborg was a naked male with a swimmer's body, tan skin black hair and blue violet eyes. His charge port was located right below the sternum. I was surprised that he was actually able to get one to his home. Mason gestured proudly at the set up. "Okay everyone! Say hello to PEP unit 05157. He has volunteered to work with me for a bit!" The PEP unit just glared at him. "You left me here for several hours. So, are you going to do this or not!? I don't have all day."
I was confused. "Didn't you want to come here. You're going to get the blueprints, right?" I asked. He rolled his eyes. "Yeah right! I got them and he brought me over. He then buttered me up and got me all sorts of lemonades to drink." he said. I looked at him to continue. "Look at him. He can't get a human woman even if he tried, so I felt bad for him. I gave him my ass and next thing I know I was on this table. Then he just up and left." he finished. The reprogrammer did not seem to mind. "I needed to get some people to watch. It was his blueprints that I used to entice you." Mason said. The surly cyborg just said "Fine. They are here now. Now let's get this over with. Send me your shitty code so my firewall can swat it away. I want to go celebrate with my friends." He did not seem to think much of Mason's skills. I had to agree from just a cursory look at him. He looked like a perverted geek. Mason smiled. "Remember what we talked about? It comes in 4 pieces, and I get 3 chances to break through." I wondered if he actually had what it takes to do it. The 5000s were middle ground.
Because the conversation came to a halt, Mason sat in a chair next to the table and opened up his laptop. He started working and after a few minutes he said "Alright. In a moment, we will open the door to a new world. It's all ready for you now. I'm about to start. Get ready for it." I looked over to the subject. The PEP unit on the table just rolled his eyes at him. Mason hit the enter key. The cyborg twitched and groaned out loud. Cecil looked at him and asked "Are you doing okay?" The PEP unit just said "I think so. It really packs a punch, but I can handle it." Cecil was part of the 5000s as well. I really did not care whether or not it succeeded. I just wanted the information that Mason had. After a bit, you could practically hear a fan as the circuitry tried to cool from the strain of fighting off the hacks. "Looks like that wasn't good enough. Well, that was just the first try." Mason said, sounding more than a bit miffed. "Shut up!" the PEP unit heaved. It had been only 15 minutes. I was a bit bored waiting for it. After another 3 minutes to prepare the next attack, he hit the enter key a second time.
