Terrance was the first to arrive. I waved him over to the VIP lounge. He looked at us and said "I didn't know that you were brining their whole clan here." he said. I looked around the lounge. There were a lot of us here. "No. Only 4 members from Sonic Clan are here. This is our business. All the clanmates all have VIP status." "Is that true?" he asked with an eyebrow raised. I nodded. "Where's Nancy and Marion?" I asked to change the subject. He shrugged. "I gave them the address. They will be here when they get here." he said as he sat down. The next performer was Claudette. Terrance was interested in her. "Damn. And she's a cyborg?" he asked as he pointed at her going to the back. I nodded. "All the dancers are." The next one to go up to the center pole was Maroon. Terrance rolled his eyes and focused on us. "So, for you guys from..." he trailed off and looked at me. "Sonic Clan." I supplied. He nodded and said "Yes, that one. Where is Sonic Clan?" he probed. Timmy leaned in as he said "We live in Asta City. We all tend to the botanic gardens there." I just facepalmed.
It seemed even Terrance was not expecting a direct answer. He looked at me. "He serious!?" he asked to confirm. "I don't know where they live. The AEPs have all the emotional intelligence of children. They are powerful but, without any handlers to guide them, they can derp themselves into even the simplest of traps." None of the AEP units liked hearing that. Terrance dipped his head. "Yep. Children that can erase a 3 block radius in a suicide attack." "This is a government investigator. He is who we are here to help, but we should still be cautious. The less you reveal to him, the better things will go. Especially until we can see if they can be trusted with that type of information. I don't think that was a good idea, Timmy." Timmy flinched back. "But... we're helping him on this mission. Why can't we trust him!?" he asked. He looked genuinely shocked. Terrance sighed out loud. "They are so green. I'll forget this conversation happened, so you don't have to worry. Marion and Nancy are sharper so be careful. They don't believe in do overs." he said softly. "What conversation?" Nancy said.
Nancy and Marion were now here. I smiled and said "Our guests from Sonic Clan are a bit green behind the ears. It isn't anything major. Let's get the introductions out of the way." They both looked at Terrance. To his credit, he just shrugged his shoulders and said "I already forgot." Nancy rolled her eyes. Nancy went first, followed by the apprehensive Marion and Terrance. Next went the PBJ Clan AEP units. Ava, Adrian, Caleb and Cameron were happy to be part of this operation. Finally, we all watched as Timmy, Tammy, Tommy and Temmy introduced themselves with their human aliases as well as their number. They all had the surname of Sonic. I did not know that. It was a good showing. Nancy looked at me and said "So you brought us together. What are you going to do now? I am curious." I said "Toxic Clan's transmission hub is in the bank, deep bellow the ground. We need a reason to get inside." "We've been trying, but they have better lawyers than we do. We can't even ask for a warrant without risking being fired out a cannon." Marion scowled. "Then we need to force their hands."
