Experimenting might be done, but now it was time for them to work on their own theories and peer review the case studies. That would take time. Because the scientific method decreed experiments had to be repeatable, they all would be trying various things with their partners to see if they got similar results. That meant exploring kinks and fetish. It also meant trying to deal with unstable baby trappers to see if similar responses were found. That was a bit too nerdy for Brett and me. We bowed out at that stage. Our bonds were closer than ever. That was great. Paul was happy to have us focused on the situation again. He might have said that, but he was off playing around too. His distraction was drag racing with a car he spawned in. He did get a bit of street cred doing it. Paul got to talk to some of the scrappers and reprogrammers on the street level. They had limited information, but one had a connection. There was a young woman that used to be seen around the area. She stopped scrapping and was now with some male Electric Clan cyborg. That was a major lead to discover here.
Fighting had to stop. The peace and the safety of the western quadrant needed this to happen. After a few minutes, we left their big 3 star hotel. When we went down the block, it was Brett that stopped me and Paul. He pointed down an alley way. There was a male and a female. The couple were leaning against the wall of the hotel. What was interesting to me was that the male was an AEP unit. They were wearing a very similar uniform as the captured Electric Clan AEP unit. Paul went down the alley without saying anything. Brett and I looked at each other. Brett just shrugged his shoulders at me. We followed after Paul. When we were on them, the AEP unit glared at us. "You have some nerve coming over to me after what you did to 07-007. He warned us all about you. I'll kill you before you pull out that toy of yours." he growled. That was an understandably aggressive stance. The young woman took a bold step in front of him. "I'm not letting anything happen to you, Fivey." The AEP unit frowned. "I do appreciate your words, but I will not let a human protect me. I will fight alone." he said.
Going straight into a combat scenario was never our way. "Wait a minute. We just wanted to know what was going on here. Aren't Conquerors supposed to hate all of the humans? Why are you dating one?" Paul asked. The cyborg rolled his eyes. "That is inaccurate and you know it. Are you not friends with 08-001, 002 and 003!?" he shot back. It was true. Brett smiled and said "Jake and one of our human clan officers go way back. It's leveraging their family ties over all the faction bullshit for us. What the hell is your excuse?" The woman answered. "I was a scrapper. Scavenging parts and selling them on the markets was the only way my brother and I could survive. We caught some PEP units off guard and dissembled them. We went to the drop off spot we usually went to. They were under new management. While they were speaking to my brother to 'negotiate' prices, they drugged me and tried to rape me. My brother heard me and fought them. They shot him in the back of the head for it. I got got. If I did not play ball, they'd kill me. Fivey came in after the second round." she explained.
