Psychological warfare on creatures that had the emotional intelligence of kids was a bit unsavory to me. Paul, Brett and Frederica did not share my concern for him. My plan was to leverage 12-001 to give us an opening. If we proposed a meeting at their base to hand him back over, things would be much easier. We would at least have a target for their clan building. Even if the clan building was different from where the transmission hub was, any new information would be helpful. I told 12-001 about this and he leapt at the chance to be let go. Even though they were all evil cyborgs that hated humanity, his clan was his family. We went to the library to set up another meeting. It was made clear that Frederica and her companions would be coming along to spectate as well. 12-001 did not care. He was still under the big delusion that he could kill the full force of the military with 12-002 at his side. That would not happen. Even if they took down the eastern military command, the other 3 would just nuke them. We would all meet them in Volta City at the Magnetic Clan's secret clan building.
Jumping onto the momentum, Frederica took command of the situation. "Brianne. You won't be coming to the Volta City mission." she stated matter of factly. I was totally shocked and demanded to know why. "You said that you were feeling remorse. This is war with alien cyborgs. We can't have that here." she told us. That was true. It was not a big deal for me. I was a Player. If I died, I would just respawn. Paul and Brett had it even better as Devils. If they wanted, they could give themselves infinite health so they could not die here. FOG was a For Frederica and the other NPCs, this was their reality. If they died, that was that. We were not getting the Thumpers back. It was a huge liability for them. "Fine. We're big enough to walk and chew gum at the same time. I'll work on bringing Void Clan to the table. Give me a line to Major Watts. I really am focused on that." I said. Brett and Paul backed me on this. She sighed and gave me the contact information for the major. I left the room and called him on my phone immediately. He was surprised. It did not matter. I told him about my mission.
He was for it. However, he needed me to bring one of his captains with us when we went over to their compound. Void Clan operated a commune out in the dessert. I did not complain about that. It also had to be a clandestine operation, so only a party of 6 could go. Captain Nicoletta Galleon was Frederica's sister. We were going to leave as soon as she arrived. I had to wait a couple days. Paul, Brett and Frederica had already left with 12-001. They took Bryson and Grant with them. She was unfortunately extremely hawkish towards the cyborgs. I had long decided to bring Chase, Parker and Kyan with me on this mission. Having AEP units would probably be good. It would show our strength to Void Clan if nothing else. Nicoletta was displeased that we were going with them. Hunter was left in charge of the clan until Paul, Brett or I returned from our tasks. I gave all of the remaining members instructions to carry on without us as if nothing was wrong. "I can't believe that these cyborgs are real." Nicoletta said as we got ready to leave. "It really is crazy. I get it." I agreed. She just frowned at me.
