They could not move but manipulating their nanites was something they could do at will. It let them shift positions. They obviously did not want to be killed or maimed by us. Even in a discarded heap on the floor, they knew their audience. Paul sighed and said "Fine. I'll take you back with us." He crouched down and placed the female cyborg over his shoulder. Acting cute would only get them so far. I looked at the male and said "I guess I can take you in as a guinea pig for some experimenting." As long as they had no energy, it would probably be alright. Luka looked at us in confusion. "I thought we were going to wait for our clan leaders." he said. "Paul is my clan leader. I'm the clan engineer. Since we helped out we are taking our prizes." I added. As soon as I finished my sentence, we hear lots of hurried footsteps. It was the rest of Magnetic Clan. The leader, 2 other PEP units and half of the PEA units died. They were so angry at what happened they grabbed both of the enemy AEP units and dragged him away. We were pissed off. There were lots of PEP units on the street level.
I initially thought that they were all just very concerned with the transmission hub since there was a major clan war. The new leader shook her head. "They were fighting us. When the hub is in danger, it sends a signal to all units in the area. It was something to see. They ran here from all over the city. First to help, then they turned on us for half an hour. They left when you dealt with the invaders." she explained. "That seems rough. Luckily we were here to help Lynx, Luka and Link with the hackers." Paul said. The leader gave him a strained smile. "It certainly was a bad day for them to come on this operation." she said. "What are we going to do? Water and Toxic Clan have proved that they really won't rest until they eliminate all the Researchers because humans like us keep joining their clans. I want them gone." I said. "She looked at the AEP units in their custody." "Yes. I'm sure that you are really hating having them around." she said blandly. Neither of us rose to the bait. She sighed out loud. Since this was their territory, we waited with them. They had to solve this situation themselves.
Hostile, it took Water Clan about a day before they decided to send someone to meet us for a meeting. The bastards had been waiting on the edge of the transmission hub's range for the signal of victory. I had no clue how they were expecting a signal from the AEP units. Even the Magnetic transmission hub changing over did not mean the fighting would be over. As we watched, they wanted their AEP units back. We did not let the AEP units go. Their actual position was that Magnetic Clan had the right to decide that. They immediately killed 05-004. He could not defend himself as he did not have any energy left. Water Clan really wanted 05-003 back. I saw they were not going to give the slaves we got that easily. Paul was not either. "This will teach you to fuck with our allies. And remember this, we're allied with all Advocate faction clans." he said. They were furious, but they knew they could not win. Both 08927 and 03 showed up to pick us up in their car. They were shocked when they heard what had taken place. Magnetic Clan was upset to see members of another Conqueror here.
