Pistons fire and servos whirr as the metal goliath know as Juggernaut makes its way down the street once again. Of course, most of this was an illusion. The juggernaut frame could have been made to run silently. In the end, it was all about presentation. If the Juggernaut seemed bulky and powerful it might mean that someone might surrender instead of fighting. Which would be good given that Juggernaut was powerful enough to seriously harm most criminals. Even most Parahumans, as Dragon had taught me they were called, would struggle to match it in hand to hand combat. It was, perhaps, overkill, but as one of the first frames, I made I deemed it necessary. It had set production of other things back, including dragons new hardware, but we had both agreed that it would be worth it. It proved invaluable when less than a week after it's deployment I met up with a very new cape with the ability to control insects. I was heading to meet her right now.

I check the GPS and kept on the route while checking with my PHO bot, a bot I had set up to specifically monitor PHo and Pupett my account under the name The_Adminastator.

Private message from AllSeeingEye:

AllSeeingEye *New Message*: What an interesting conundrum we have here. A robot so far from home, A robot making more robots A robot out to be a hero? Mighty interesting indeed. what do we say we meet at the meeting? Say hi and chat. I might even be able to help with your little lizard problem.

Well, that was, concerning. The good news was that whoever this was appeared to be friendly or at least not hostile. The bad news was they appeared to be a thinker of some kind if I was getting my Terminology right. A powerful one too if they were able to get so much on me. I Forwarded the message to Dragon she characteristically responded in seconds.

"Well, that is certainly concerning. What meeting do you think they're talking about?"

"Not sure, could be my meeting with Lady Abeille. That seems unlikely however because, judging by the message, they wanted to prove they knew more then we do and that they aren't directly threatening us. If they were going to come to this meeting I'm guessing they'd just show up unannounced. Probably be chatting with her when I walk up."

"I agree Judging by this message and there previous post history I would say that would be their play, so I'm guessing they mean something else. Any Idea on what that might be?"

"I was planning on going to that class the PRT are holding."

"You're what? It's such an obvious attempt to get you alone with some PRT reps you could see it a mile away. Why?"

"Well I do eventually need to meet up with these people and it seemed like a good way to do it. This shows I'm a team player willing to learn and obey the rules. Plus I would be able to get more data on Parahumans. I'm willing to bet some of them will be there.

"Ok those are all fair points, but my walking into a blatant PR move you will come across as a little, dull or easily manipulated."

"That's only if I act that was I could also come across as someone hoping to work with the PRT and showing up to an obvious attempt to talk to me will certainly bring that across."

" well alright, you're coming up on 29th now so I'll go see if I can work on one of my projects."

"Don't worry I'm still working on everything. If all goes well we're looking for everything to be ready in early to mid-May. The base is almost all done all that's left is the personality matrix and a few small things."

"Alright lander and thank you."

"You're welcome"

I closed the chat window as I rounded to corner to be greeted by the insect-like mask of Lady Abeille.

"Still looking all sinister I see." The low bass voice of the frame rang out.

"Well sorry as it turns out it takes I'm to make a new suit and with the name I've been given I don't exactly have many options in terms of design."

"It's kind of your fault you know. If you had already picked a name we could have corrected people, but you didn't, so we couldn't and now it's stuck."

"I know, but Lady Abeille? It's so… pretentious. Makes we sound like one of those girls in high school that are way too into being popular."

I had a quiet chuckle at that as my voice analysis put her at high school age. I'm sure she knew all about it. "Not to mention it's a pun. Anyway, let's get the obvious out of the way first. How would you like to split the money?"

She rubbed the back of her neck while she raised her head to meet my faceplate. "About that, I'm not sure I want any of it."

"What do you mean? I mean no offense when I say you could certainly use it. Is it a problem with its source?"

"No- yes- kind of- mostly it's just that I have no way to use it."

"What do you mean? You just spend it… ah, I see. That ties into another thing I want to discuss." I raised my hand. "I'm not talking about telling your dad."

She eyed me for a moment "then what is it exactly?"

"My employer wishes to extend an offer of partnership to you."

She was silent for a moment at that.

"So what, They want to hire me?"

"Not as of right now no. They do however want to start down that road. You would become an official affiliate of the team. This would entitle you to a seat at all our meetings as well as a right to contribute possible jobs. You would also be allocated a small stipend. You would not be obligated to go on any missions however, you also wouldn't be given a vote on which mission we take. My employer is also able to convert some of the money you will receive into a perfectly normal-seeming check. It will be made out to you by a real company and an investigation would turn up an employee file for you. It would all check out. Perfectly legal."

"Except it would all be a lie."

"Not a lie so much as a stretching of the truth."

Another pause.

"I'll think about it."

"Take your time. My employer is a patient man and understands that this is quite a big thing. Regardless he has made it clear you are to be paid in some form for your help with the arms house job."

"I- how connected is your employer exactly?"

"Very."

"Well… I was wondering if maybe he could arrange for the dockworkers to get a large contract or two."

"Hmmm, an interesting proposal. I will not ask why you want this but I will say it is possible. Is there any type of job you had in mind specifically?"

"I don't know they have a bunch of skills in construction so probably that."

"Hmmm… I think that could be arranged. Yes. it won't make any of them millionaires, but it should give them food on the table and a roof over their heads. If you give him a week he should be able to employ all of them for, say six months."

"That's.. That's great thank you."

"It's is nothing less then you are owed and it's not like my employer wouldn't have started these construction projects eventually. It's a win-win really. I must be off though. I still have a patrol to do."

"Would you mind if I took it with you?"

"Not at all. Come! Now have you heard of the class the PRT are offering."