I nodded. I watched as he slowly got up and walked up to the map. He lit up our area. That made it hard for Dylan not to come up. Peer pressure was really strong. Even among the PEP units it seemed. He was pissed off as he rose from his chair. "Since these are the territories of the Researchers and Advocates, I think it would be best if we could all call a truce." It seemed that the government official and the cops were going to be a tough sell. They did not like us. The cops then stood up. Captain Austin said "We don't have the jurisdiction for all of that space. I don't know about anyone else, but as long as you don't rape anyone, I won't say anything." "We have better things to do than go on wild goose chases. If the hubs haven't been found yet, it's not like we'll magically find one today." I heard Captain Dallas say. They were just local cops. "I agree. Now that we have explicit confirmation that you have not all come here in peace, we need to double our efforts suppressing the Conquerors. Especially fighting the Toxic Clan. Their hub was exposed, and we can just take them out right now."
Alarms began to blare throughout the building. Everyone got up from their seats and looked around. "What the fuck are you playing at!?" Captain Austin snapped. The 6 members of the Sonic Clan did not look too concerned. "It seems that we have an intruder in the club. Our guards will deal with it." The alarms did not shut off even after a full 5 minutes. The guests that were armed began drawing their weapons. "Are you sure that you have this handled. This lounge is on the third floor of the building. Are there even any escape routes for the upper floors?" The clan leader said "It is their job to stand and fight. If it seems lost, their duty turns to wiping all the computer data and destroying evidence." Another minute later, the door at the far end of the lounge opened. 3 PEP units with machine guns came out. "The intruders have breached the second floor and are breaching the VIP gate as we speak. I apologize for the shrill alarm, but several casualties among staff and guests have been observed. As the safehouse members, it is our duty to the protect all the Sonic Clan members." one said.
Being that we were under attack, I looked at 03-002 and Dylan. I had to keep them safe. Looking at the safehouse members, I said "I was asking if there were any known escape routes. Wouldn't getting them to safety be the best way to protect them? If not, you can't protect them if you are all dead." They frowned. "I assure you that it will not come to that." another said testily. I was not too sure about this. The intruders got this far after all. After a minute, the door to the lounge began to disintegrate into brown dust. There was a group of 3 AEP units, and they all looked confident. One of them was pretty short. He was wearing a cool outfit and had two large swords on his back. They were probably made out of his nanites. That would probably mean that they were extremely sharp and hard to break. His hands were black and, looking a bit closer, spinning faster and faster. It was probably his activated AEP organ that he used to destroy the large door. "This wasn't too friendly. My friends were on the big VIP list too, right!?" he said. I looked over at the Sonic Clan. They looked totally pissed off.
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