Perfect time to call it. This was a disaster. I pulled a nervous 04-001 and 2 away from them. "They are your bosses. They are not here to become breeding mares for you of all people." I said. I then turned to them and said "We also have some other important mission to go to." I saw that they looked scared. "Volt. Look at your kids! I can see the family resemblance. Entertain them." I said as I dragged them out. Syrios stepped where I had been to cut off their path. We hurried down the hallway and out the front door. "You can't come here anymore. Thank God we took so long." I said in relief. "What do you mean!? That was our objective!" 04-002 snapped at me. He took hold of my collar. I just looked at him like he was stupid. "Just think about it. If they hatched in the car, we would be goners. If the expansion of mass didn't cause us to crash on the road, it then would try to assimilate you." They shared a look before 04-002 let me go. "This has spiraled out of control." 04-001 said out loud. "You report to the clan. I'll see what else I can figure out." I said as I went back inside the guild building.
The symbiotes were docile to human. Volt was able to hug and pet them. Syrios joined in as well. When it came to the PEP units of the guild, they seemed to be neutral to them. They neither said nor done anything aggressive, but they did not lay at their feet like they did for the humans. When I came back, they were nice to me. Blue tried to ask me about 04-001 and 002. Brown was talking to Amp, but his ears were perked up for my conversation. I could see right through them. "No. Stop it. You can't merge with them." They made inhuman whining noises. "That's not fair! I need it!" Brown said as he fell to his knees. "I think you just really want it. You're doing just fine over here." Amp said as she shook her head. I stepped out and told them we had to go. "They've only seen you for a couple of minutes and they are obsessed with you. I think we have to leave now. If you come back, they probably won't be able to stop themselves from attacking you." They got in their car and we drove back to PBJ Clan to drop me off. "This is my first field mission, and it ends in failure." 04-002 said, brooding.
He really wanted to succeed. First, he got beat up by Shepard, misunderstood by me and nearly molested by the symbiotes. It really was not going well for him. "You will ace the next one." I said encouragingly. He rolled his eyes as I got out of the car. I did not hold it against him. He was not in a good head space at the moment. "It was very fun going on a mission with you. You can call on me if you need some extra protection in the future." I said as I went inside. Cold Clan chewed me out later for it. As a vassal, all I could do was listen to them drone on and on. Luckily, there was nothing they could really do about it. They did not want to be the ones to attack first. That could be a very costly mistake. Especially if they were risking their own AEP units in the process. All of ours were now very busy. What they did threw me for a loop. I had to admit that. They allied with Void Clan. That was fine. I did not want any fights with them. The reason they did it was to fuck with their numbers. Volition Clan was their vassal and they had 3 AEP unit mutts. "Did you miss me yet!?" a familiar voice called out.
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