When he was done with his integration, Sterling said "This doesn't answer what we should do with the excess memory nanites we absorbed." I had an idea that was very dumb, but cool. "Well, all the androids of my home had guns in the butt. Noone ever sees it coming." I said. All of them looked at me unimpressed. That was until they saw I was very serious. "But a gun... in the anus!? How would that work logistically!?" Ashley demanded. I just shook my head with a smug look. "Not in the anus. One gun in each butt cheek. You'll have 2 of them." Sterling said "You have to be joking. I don't believe you." I shrugged. "To be fair, that was a long time ago. They also had to charge the cyborgs through the anus. Luckily, you guys are way more advanced." I conceded. "Then why offer an outdated strategy?" Robin asked. I said "You cannot beat the classics. Just because you have way more firepower and bullet proofing doesn't make you better in every way. The androids in those times could fly on their own. You can't. It's an emergency tactic at the end of the day." Connie and Peyton frowned.
I don't think I was reaching them. I finished with "You do not have to take it, but that would be one way to use the nanites you have." It was a tough sell. I knew that. I let it float in the air for a bit. Tracie huffed at me and said "Do you think that I would be more effective in a fight that way?" I said "I think so. The final choice is all yours." He said "I'll do it then. I don't have any other need for the nanites otherwise." Ashley and Sterling looked at each other before giving me another look. Robin looked really unsure about it. He said "Brianne. Are you sure that you aren't tricking us? I don't like that kind of tactic." It was an honest question. "I swear I am not trying to trick you. If you want to use the nanites you have in a different way, you can." They both went silent for a full minute. In the end, they decided to do it as well. Robin's guns were gray as he did not have memory nanites. Everyone else's was a shiny black. The bullets that they could fire were going to be the same color for only the first magazine. Then it would revert to gray until they got more colored nanites inside them. If they wanted that.
Obviously, the PEA units were going to go on more missions. There would be more memory nanites. It took them a bit for them to get them ready. When they were done installing new weapons in their bodies, they all bent over and showed me. All their butt cheeks opened up and the handgun barrels stuck out. I did not know how to feel about it. It was honestly a bit too uncanny. However, I had already fully committed to the bit here. If I did not want these 6 powerful clan members to permanently lose all trust in me, there was not going back. Now that we had come this far, I had not other option but to affirm them. "Looks really good guys." I said with a smile. I hoped I was convincing. Tracie smiled back at me and let the guns recede back inside his body. Sterling just sighed and let them recede in his ass too. "I guess I can work with these." he said. Ashley and Robin also let them recede. Tracie said "We should go out on another date soon." I nodded my head at him. Going out on dates with Barbara and Tracie with fun. He then left the lab. I watched him go. There was now 2 guns in his ass.
