Listening to him, he was given an X-frame for his role in the joint operation. 08927 was the lowest tier member with an X-frame. He was also given all the blueprints to another X-frame. He was scheduled to be bred by a high tier unit later that day. I sighed. "Do your clan duties, but remember who gave you a free plane and that big upgrade. If you can pick us up, we're willing to reward you. I hear private pilot fees are pretty high these days." I told him. "I definitely will. Enjoy Nova City." he said, more excited than before while hanging up. "So what are we going to do?" Paul asked. I shrugged. "Whatever we want. Radioactive Clan owes us big time. We can just crash with them. Or we can explore the city and see what we get up to. It's us." Paul nodded and began walking down the street. The toxic AEP unit and I followed him. We were in Dysthymia Row the most lawless and dejected part of the city. It was not long until we ran into trouble. A trio of cyberpunk gangsters came over to us. "You're in the Hyper Beez territory. What the hell are you doing?" one said. They looked too easy.
My initial reaction to them would be to mess around and kill them. Paul looked at the AEP unit stalker and said "He said he can pay you all for our protection. With his body." The AEP unit in question sighed and said "Fine. Just don't die on me while I'm gone." He then walked up to them and said "Do you want to have sex. I'm used to it." One of them was lady. She took him down an alley and said "Sure. You're cute." They then went off alone. 10 minutes later, he came back. "It's your turn. Come on." he called for them from the mouth of the alley. Another went over. 5 minutes over he called out again. This time, the remaining gangster got wise to him. "Hell no! Bring them out here. I don't want watchers looking at me fuck." he snapped. The AEP unit said "I can't. They're asleep." The gangster just glared at him. After a full minute, he said "Damn, You're a tough fucker to crack!" The AEP unit frowned at him and said "I noticed you trying to hack in remotely. I had to throw up some walls. It won't work on me." "Just kidding!" the gangster said and the AEP caught on fire. That was very cool.
Not being used to being on fire, the AEP unit began to freak out. It got extremely angry and charged at the gangster. Before the cyberpunk could react, the Toxic AEP in anger said "Now you will see how it feels!" He expelled a green toxic sludge from his body. It also caught fire as it left the cyborgs body and propelled towards the hostile and bold Hyper Beez member. The flaming sludge coated the young man and he screamed in terror and agony. I was not expecting that kind of attack from the once gentile AEP. I certainly did not want to get on his bad side. Too bad he already wanted us both dead. The corrosive nature of the sludge as well as the flames meant that he was burned and melted down to goo. This did not go unnoticed. Other members of the gang rushed into fight. The civilians fled the area. Paul and I stood back as we watched the fight ensue. The AEP unit was unstoppable. He was able to put himself out quickly and rearrange his nanites to keep up his appearance. He engaged the limb blade in his right arm and began slicing enemies in close range. It was really brutal.
One after another, bodies hit the ground in heaps of unrecognizable flesh. Countless bullets were shot from guns all around the area. The AEP did not need to use a gun to kill those attacking him. He darted in between the hail of gunfire and dodged all but a few. He continued hacking and slashing away. Some of the hackers among them were able to gain brief pauses with some minor quick hacks. It only paused him a beat before he was back on the charge. Eventually, the number of gangsters began to trickle down. He mowed down everyone in the area. He was covered in blood and viscera. He had a few minor twitches over his body from the various hacks that had been inflicted on him. However, he made it back to us and smiled. "Are you ready to die yet? It seems that toxins simply don't work on you." he said calmly. Paul smirked at him and said "Nope. I'll hack you." The AEP unit lost his smile. "I won't let that happ-" was all he got out before his body went stiff. "Huh!? Wha!? What did you do to me!? Stop it!" he demanded us as he began to walk towards the alley. We then followed.
