The defiant one just said "Yeah. I headed the smuggling. So what?" "I'm going to stop you, asshole! People don't have food and supplies in the infirmary. We make sure to get them from all over the continent from our allies. You can't just fucking take it for yourself." 13-001 snapped. 13-001 dragged him down to The Pit. They fought it out and the AEP unit obviously won. That did not mean that the master criminal did not have his tricks and impressive combat skills. 13-001 grabbed him by the collar. "Stop being bad! I'll fucking beat your ass again! Now go." he demanded before huffing and letting him go. The smuggler just chuckled. "Yep. You really are just a kid." he said before getting up. He then pulled out a small hidden gun and shot 13-001 directly in the face. It was a critical hit, but the AEP tanked it. "That fucking hurt." he growled. "I just gave you a warning. When you win in The Pit, you'd better make sure you don't let the enemies you beat come back and kill you later." the smuggler said. He then took 2 steps and walked right into the muzzle of Nicoletta's gun. She executed him.
13-001 was really furious at that. "What the fuck are you doing!?" he demanded as he rushed to the body of the fallen man. The human trafficker also had his throat slit. I did not even notice when she did that. He was dead. "If you want a real deal with the government, things are going to change here. You are going to need to take control of this place and stop all the crime. He was right about one thing. Just because they are human, doesn't mean you can just let someone shoot you in the face. If they fight you to the death, they are not the type of people to deal with. You'll only let them come back and hurt your allies later on." Nicoletta dictated to him. 13-001 glared up at her. "I'll take charge! I'll fucking do it. I won't let any fucker take the lives of my people ever again." he vowed. She turned and walked towards me. "It's time to go. We can take stock of the situation after a month." I nodded my head and we went together to find Parker. Once we had everyone, we went to the big jeep together. That was when Parker tackled Nicoletta to the ground. There were bullet holes in the ground.
Parker had saved her life. We then had to take evasive maneuvers and get the hell out of there. We made our way back. It was actually a diplomatic failure for me. It was not a good look for me here. We made it back and they got out of the jeep. Nicoletta walked over to Parker and looked at him. She then reached out her hand. "My name is Nicoletta Galleon. Nice to meet you." she said. Parker lit up and quickly took her hand in both of his. "My name is Parker. I'm part of Sixteenth Notes Clan and I play the cello." She did not smile at all. I guessed that it was a matter of her professional pride as a soldier that drove her to do this. He saved her life and proved that he was a potent combatant. Parker had earned a bit of respect from her. I was going to make use of this. I also had to make my apology. "Nicoletta, I am sorry. Void Clan needs a massive overhaul in their settlement to prove that they can be a good ally. I hope visiting Pierce Clan will be a better experience." She raised an eyebrow at me. "It's not my assignment. After that shit show, I am going to recommend we attack them."
Doing that would be a really bad idea. "I think structural issues aside, I honestly don't think that they will be a danger to humanity. We can leave them in the dessert while we clean up the real threat: Conquerors." I said. She just crossed her arms. "Like I said, that's not my call. My assignment is Void Clan. I'll be honest. I don't like any of the 'borgs and I think you're a piece of shit for standing for them. Being in the dessert taught me some things though." I let her continue. She said "If these AEP units are the best thing they have, that is a massive problem. Kids don't need this level of power." "That might be true, but it is the one shot we have. You saw how 13-001 got shot for sparing the smuggler. Conquerors won't be like that. They are fully bought in on the idea that humans are beneath them just like 13-001 was. The difference is that while Advocates genuinely want to help humanity, all the Conquerors want to do is enslave us. Some even want to go as far as to kill all of us off and rule the continent for themselves." I said. Sneering, she said "If that's true, I hate them all even more."
