Male presenting AEPs were on their knees while the 2 female presenting ones were scolding them. Getting closer, we could hear why. The females were created first and so had seniority on the males. The reason why they got so upset was that 07-008 and 009 were supposed to be investigating the whereabouts of Major Maude Selova. It was their task to torture captured soldiers for useful information. The newer cyborgs could not control themselves and ended up killing them all in anger after being refused. Young AEP units were well known for their high levels of impulsiveness and low emotional immaturity. They were goaded on by the mouthier soldiers and it sent the cyborgs into a rage. "How can we call you true comrades if you can't even extract key information. You weren't even able to get the commander's name out of them. If it were up to me, you would be punished for this." 07-003 said. "Maybe being punished like a human will make you more useful." 07-004 added with a tiny smile. Neither of the males liked the sound of that. It would probably be a very harsh torture session.
008 shook his head furiously. "Please no! Anything but that! I don't like being treated like a human. It hurts and I'm better than a human! I don't deserve to be treated that way!" he begged, still on his hands and knees. He was in a state of desperation. It looked like this was not his first failure. To think that they would treat their own cyborg members cruelly was crazy to me. I got that they wanted to exterminate humans. It was a direct mandate from their region's transmission hub. The hub was the spiritual representative of their faction's Progenitors. That did not need to be accomplished trough torturing AEP units that failed missions. 08-003 and 08-001 could flex rank and prestige over each other in domineering ways, but I would never dream of them actually trying to hurt each other. It did not seem possible. That was because they were both born from Jakes X-frame. They also were not in the extermination camp of the Conqueror faction. Noticing us approach, the females told the males to capture us. A simple look was given to Paul and Brett. "Do not kill them." I told them. They nodded.
Not wanting to hurt them too much, I let Paul and Brett punch them non lethally. It was a one and done affair. Both of them turned into nanite paste. The other 2 AEP units looked on in total shock. This was simply not possible in their minds. No one should be able to do that to a level 65 cyborg. To be fair to them, we all were absolutely cheating here. Devil powers let you do anything you wanted. "What was that you guys said about torturing humans!?" I asked them menacingly. It was time for payback. I was ready to mess with them. Paul was too from how he cracked his knuckles. Before they could reply, I got a ring on my cellphone. I answered it. "Hello. Brianne. You were right about 06-003. He had a trojan horse program installed in him. The humans in that syndicate would have been able to force him to reveal the location of the transmission hub using a false mandatory mission and a GPS. It activated just as we were apprehending him. Luckily, our clan was able to find him and bring him in with all our countermeasures unused." I was told by the clan engineer of Wind Clan. Nice.
With that crisis averted, I said "You are welcome for the heads up. You should spread the news and make sure that other clans are protected from this issue. Any AEPs in the faction that have been in fights with any of the major syndicate members should be checked on. Just in case." "Will do." was the reply. They then hung up on me. My interference kneecapped a potential negative story event from firing. I pat myself on the back mentally. Now that the backdoor exploit was confirmed by both Wind Clan and Sonic Clan, it would be taken seriously. The Conquerors did not need to know about it. Hopefully, they never would figure it out. "Still colluding with Advocates, are you? I'm not surprised they would be dumb enough to open their chest ports in front of humans." 07-004 said to me. They clearly were not aware. They were speculating over what they heard. Their sense of hearing was much better than a human's. I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess being strong has it's limits. They can do that because they are kind. Taking advantage of kindness is low." I said. It was a lie. They ate it up.
