If it was the other way around, things would have been better for him. 02 could fool around and I could help him hide when he came. Ryder would be fine on his own. His synthetic cum was clear. I would have to make it up to him later. I danced with 02. That brought Sunny and Lucy over. Their children were also due any day now. They could not do much dancing, but they were still there. I went over to them and asked if they wanted a drink. They nodded their heads. We went up a floor to the bar where the clubgoers were enjoying their night. They did not want to dance. They wanted to lounge and enjoy the atmosphere and music of the city. I slipped and fell the day before. I was promised free drinks and I was going to get them. I was underaged, so I could not buy alcohol. I could get soda. The PEP units here could all get drunk on lemonade, so they were drinking that. I joined them in the lemonade drinking. Zayne was already up here. Other PEP units were touching his scars and complimenting it him. He looked really pleased about it. We did a toast to our good fortunes. Zayne joined in.
Drinking was nice. I got a tap on my shoulder to see the AEP units of Erosion Clan. I smiled at them and said "Nice to see you. Remember that the coalition meeting is at midnight." "That's in thirty four minutes." 04 said to me. I looked at my watch. That was a nice thing to know. I had to find the other members of my team. Once we were all together, I had to get our AEP units to go to the meeting room. Charlotte, Ava and Nolan were at all the doors. It was pretty effective at keeping rowdy people out. Eli and Colton were at the opposite ends of the big fire escape. That left Adrian, Aaron, Caleb, Cameron, Charlie, Wendy and Brenden. I gathered them up and sent them up to the VIP lounge. It was now time to go up ourselves. I texted Paul and Brett to see where they were. They were already in the VIP lounge. I guessed that it was really time to go. I might be the last one there. We hurried past the bar to get to the stairs. The female PEP units called after Zayne. "I will be back to talk to you ladies later." he said confidently. They waved to us. I watched as Zayne waved back to them. He was suave.
It was then that we saw a large crowd up ahead at the top of the landing. The VIP lounge was separated by a large gate on the stairwell at the landing. It was put under guard by a PEP unit as well. To get up there, you'd have to get past him. I heard a ruckus from behind us. We stopped and looked back. An AEP unit was surrounded by other people. They did not look like they were having a good time surrounded by a squad of four lecherous young men. They were trying to woo him rather aggressively from what I could hear. When the cyborg saw me, he looked relieved and rushed over to me. "Brianne! My wonderful ally." he said as he looked at me for help. When he got to me, he wrapped me in a big hug and leaned into my ear. "Take me with you. These humans are scary. Play along." he said. "Of course, Jakie-baby! How are you doing!?" I said, returning the hug. I watched as they looked up at me. "Who's he!? Your boyfriend!? You should have said something!" one of them said. Two of them then left. The other two were a bit bolder than that. Both of them were really trashy cyberpunks.