That was all that I had time for. "Thank you for coming. I am leaving for a mission tomorrow, so I can not entertain you like I normally would. I'm sorry for that." I said as I led them over to the table in the middle of the lab. I had to do the installation myself because I knew all hell would break loose if I delegated it to my medical officer and he fucked it up. It was bad enough when he got critical failures working on his clanmates for the PEA sexual upgrades. If it was an allied clan in the same faction or even worse, an allied clan in another faction, we would be destroying their relationship with us permanently. It was better to just spend the twenty minutes doing all four of them now and sending them on their way. 04 stepped up to me and frowned. He towered over me as he did feel the need to make his body comport to what the rest of us were dealing with. He was six foot five. I looked slightly up at him. "I don't get it. Why is a human a clan engineer and going on missions in the first place!? Where are you going after this!?" he demanded. I sighed and said "That is none of your business 04."
He was not satisfied by that answer. 04 narrowed his eyes. "Tell me. I want to know." he said firmly. I tilted my body to look at Link, Luka, and Lynx. "Are any of you going to get involved? This is wasting all of our time." I asked them to get us back on track. I did not want have to discipline 04 in front of his clanmates. I did not know how well that would go. Luka came up to me. "I was always curious about you. You don't act like any other human that we observe at the hospital or clinic. You can tell us about it now." he said as he began prodding at parts of my body. I rolled my eyes. This was just like when we first met. Luka was not being aggressive, but he was invading my personal space like a child would. I said "Maybe you were not listening. I do not have the time to entertain you. I only have time to install your upgrades. Do you want to wait here until I come back from helping Heat Clan? That is what you guys are all dangerously close to." That got Luka and Lynx to stop and scurry over to the table. Link and 04 were upset and insulted. "You want to help Advocates over us?" 04 snapped at me.
I looked at him and said "No. That is not what is going on. I called Erosion Clan and Magnetic Clan on the same day. Erosion Clan members got on a plane and flew here immediately. You guys took your time getting here. That is fine. Since then, Heat Clan has called us in because we are allies. I decided to take this on myself. Now you are wasting my time. Stop talking and let me work." Link crossed his arms and said "You can't say that to us!?" "I just did." I replied and turned to Luka. "Luka, we have been together since the beginning. Since you understand how to respect others and their time, I will install yours first." I told him. He smirked. I laid him flat on the table and installed the upgrade. Like I thought, it only took five minutes. I shooed him off the table and pulled Lynx on. I did his next. He seemed to be happy about that. When he was done squirming, I able to do my work. After I was done, I walked out of the lab and towards the elevator. All four of them ran after me and blocked my way. "What about us!?" 04 shouted. "I warned you all what would happen. Now its happening." I said.
