Once there, we called out for anybody. There was no one. Looking closer, a hidden stairwell was at the back of the steps we had come down. We decided to go down. It was extremely quiet as we went down the stairs. I walked down into the open space at the bottom. Paul followed me down. The commotion from above was too far away for the members of Water Clan to be able to stop us now. A metal clanging was heard in near vicinity. Gunshots were ringing out as well. I held back and carefully looked around a corner. Luka and 05-002 were fighting. With the limb blade of 05-002 and the bare fists of Luka, they were going at it. They also had guns. Lynx and Link had seemingly been defeated. They were groaning on the floor. "Just hold still and go down already. We don't want to have to kill fellow AEP units." 05-002 said. We stood in the open and Paul said "It's all over so you might as well give up." They both looked at me and were surprised. 05-002 looked at us all. He was angry. "How did everyone upstairs let a pair humans breech the lower levels of the transmission hub!?" I smirked.
05-002
Seeing my reaction made him even more heated. "What's going on up there!?" he demanded. Lynx said "You are severely miscalculating the physical prowess of all the humans in PBJ Clan. They are way stronger and faster." I looked at Luka. "Where are all the other AEP units? I think even 10-002 found his way down here at some point." I asked. He simply pointed down the hallway. "They all went ahead. I will join you all after killing 05-002." I doubted him a bit. 05-002 had Luka locked down. He simply could not get close enough to use his organ effectively. The ceiling here was pretty low. I did not know if Luka could ultimately kill the enemy AEP unit or not, but it was definitely enough stalling to give the others enough time to find the transmission hub hidden here. Once there, they could start trying to hack into it. I looked down the hallway and saw no one there. It was going to be a giant hassle to find our way from there. We both fought the hostile AEP unit together. They were no match for our righteous onslaught and died as a result. None of us had the time to fully dwell on that.
