Mason was also more than a bit unnerved standing so close. His trembling was not very comforting for me. "Sorry about that. They are not part of the clan. I needed them to leave before we could get back to business." I let them know with a pleased disposition. They did not seem to care either way. I then put a smile on my face and said "How can we help out you guys!? I am the PBJ Clan's clan engineer." Looking at them, they were all pissed. "It seems all the officers are human. And they are all out." one angrily said. Another said "That doesn't seem too good." I rolled my eyes. "Two of us are here now. You can talk to us. What do you want?" "We wanted to get the officers alone. That's why we had our ambassador get the others out of our hair." a shirtless cyborg said. That was not a good sign. I narrowed my eyes. "Well, you can say whatever you want now that we're here. We're all ears now." I gently encouraged them. 2 AEP units stepped forward. They introduced themselves as 06-002 and 06-003. They shook our hands. They tried to crush our hands, but we were too strong.
06-002
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They clearly hated us from the looks they gave us. 06-002 said "Ever since Radioactive Clan resurrected, we've been busy. Making replacement AEP units took time, but it has been a success." "So much so, we decided to split up back into the originally planned Wind and Magnetic Clans." 06-003 smirked. I nodded in understanding. "Are you here to make alliances with us. We'd be willing to agree for free." Only a nanosecond passed before they all laughed. "No way! You loser humans have a Wind AEP ambassador. You can keep them. Magnetic Clan is not going to be in an alliance with you." one of their AEP units said. "So, we'll still be allies with the Wind Clan. That is nice." "Look forward to working with you." Mason said, now put at ease. "I doubt it." 06-002 said. "That's all we wanted to say. We're going to be leaving now." 06-003 declared as they began walking towards the exit. Once they were gone, I looked at the members of Magnetic Clan. "Aren't you leaving now too?" I asked. They did not answer. That put me back into peak alarm mode. Mason also looked at me questioningly.
We wanted them to leave. One of the AEP units said "We have something else to talk about. How about you take us to your clan building." He did not seem to be asking a question. This was a big demand. I sighed and said "I think only the PEA units of the area are in the clan building right now. There really isn't anything worth mentioning aside from that." There was a scoff. I looked at him. "Don't be modest. You have a big trading hub and dojo to show off." he said. That was certainly true. They had a man on the inside after all. 06-001 was probably feeding them information. Mason said "We can show you, but you have to be on your best behavior." I just cringed. He was trying to get the upper hand, but he had no way to back it up. Surprisingly, the one with the blue shirt said "Sure. Why not? We will be very good. Let's go." Mason puffed out his chest and led the way. Having 3 of them mucking about was much better than 5 of them. We led them over to the lounge. Mason was in the lead and he opened the door to the secret elevator. We went down together. The first stop was the main hall.
