They looked at me. "You need to grease some palms." one said. Zipping around the city for dozens of fetch quests was not something that I wanted to do. Luckily, I was one of the richest people on the continent. "I can pay you anything that I need to. Don't worry about it." The other human scoffed. "Some people out here only want to be paid in blood or ass. Can you handle that!?" he asked. That was true. The others all looked at me. "Blood? Yeah. If it's my ass, then no." I said. The one who questioned me rolled their eyes. "Yous sure talk a big game." he dismissed me and went back to his food. I shrugged and looked at the others. They did not seem willing or able to help me either. "Nice meeting you, friends." I said as I got up. "Get out and take your kids with you, you pervert." the human that dismissed me said. I guess it was a bad idea to bring kids here to this seedy establishment. I got up and the others all followed me out. I asked if any of them got some leads. Ryder smiled. "What would you ever do without me? A guy said he's willing to tell me if we fuck at his place." he reported.
I hugged him. "Thanks Ryder. You are one of the best infiltrators we have in the clan." I praised. He smirked boldly. "Don't worry about it. We'll be right outside waiting for you. If you have to smash a window to get away, do it." I told him. He nodded. We spent time driving around until it was time for them to meet in the evening. We took him there and parked outside. He went to the door of his apartment. Ryder then came back to van and gave us a strained smile. He saw us coming." he said. "No go?" I asked. "Only if we all go up." he said. I nodded and we went up together. He lived on the 5th floor. We took the elevator. The door to 5D was left open. That was a very ominous start. Once we got through the door, Ryder was pinned to the floor. Magnets. I remembered when it happened to Alex and Alexis. The kids looked very uncomfortable. It was like gravity increased for them. While hybrids the kids did have a substantial amount of biometal in their bodies. I looked at them and hushed them all. "It's alright. I'll protect you." I said. "Most of us are human! Come on out." I called out.
With the sound of a gun cocking, the man appeared. "What the fuck do you want with Libra Force, asshole!?" he said with the gun trained directly on me. I told him about the meeting in Dwan. "How the fuck do I know you're telling the truth?" he demanded. "Call them." I said. "Huh!?" he exclaimed. "If you know of any PEP unit agents that work with you, hopefully you can get hold of them. If they are all underground right now for reasons unknown, you can at least raise the plausibility of my story." I told him. He glared at me for a moment before pulling his phone. His gun was still trained on me. "You have 3 chances. If they don't give me your story, you all die. Got that?" he warned. I was fine with that. He could not kill me that easily. He called all 4 operatives that he knew were PEP units: Henrietta, Jimmy, Quick and Zayne. Like I said, both Henrietta and Jimmy confirmed that they were in hiding but refused to say why. When he called Zayne he stopped him. "Don't bullshit me! You're in trouble, right? Z, we've been friends for years. If it's progenitors making you do weird shit, I got your back."
