They were able to get the hackers over with alarming speed. It did not take them long to use another mini EMP to make them go offline again. Within that time window, I watched along with Percy and Rusty as they were both transferred to a secure location with military transport. The ride was short as there was a base closer than the one I had worked at before. Percy showed them his app and the hacking he had done before. I also gave them the scans we had done. They were impressed and looked over it. "This is some very advanced tech. It might be easier if we disassemble the one that were still offline." one said. The others agreed. They had been taken to the base as well. The two cyborgs were put in a secure room with no connection to the internet or to any of the main servers of the base. The only one that was in the room was a local one for testing out their own hacking on the cyborgs. They were able to penetrate deeper into their systems than Percy. They could open up the metal plates covering their chest cavities and force movement from the limbs. It was great progress that took days.
Even with their skills, they were unable to breach the most protected parts of the systems. They could not erase the protocols they were operating with. New ones could not be added. There was also a kill switch, but no way to figure out how it worked or to engage it. Any further attempts were blocked by the cyborgs. "Get out of our systems!" XB-24 yelled as he forced them out. Both of them were panting. It did seem like fighting us off was tiring them out. All the new abilities were added to the app that Percy made. Another group was handling the dead cyborgs. Captain Whitaker continued to interrogate them, but it was no use. One of their protocols was not to give up mission details when captured. "Well, they obviously wanted to check my computers and kill me. The question is why." I said. The captain turned to me. "You have no idea?" he asked in an accusatory tone. "If it is about me and my computers, it would be because I am a threat. Maybe the defense pact and androids we made ruffled way more feathers than we know about." I offered. He shrugged at me. "That is probably it."
Continuing, he said "An Akali in your position would not be well regarded or defended. If you died and they learned something from you, it would certainly lead to a loss for us. Most of us would not even notice or care until it was way too late." I rolled my eyes. "They certainly had some trouble tearing through my combat androids. I doubt any of the actually big hitters they have would care." I said. "Unless that is something they can't use yet." he said. I looked at him for clarification. "We are all minor players. The big dogs all need something to keep close to the chest. I don't know if anyone else had cyborg technology, but Ondore probably won't want it revealed until it becomes needed. Otherwise it would be countered by all the others." he explained. "Then these cyborgs are a big ace to play. We have three choices now." I said. He gestured for me to get on with it. "One, we take what we get and us it. If possible give the schematics to our allies. It will bulk defenses. Two, we blackmail Ondore. They won't want their secrets getting out. We could get money or a non aggression pact." I started.
He said "And three is we sell the info to the highest bidder. Everyone that wants to be someone on the world stage will want to jumpstart a cyborg program- if they do not have one already." I nodded. "You are the captain here, so it's up to you. You need to send it up the chain when the schematics come out." I added. He sighed and I did not want to be in his shoes at the moment. He looked at me and said "We still have some time before it comes to that. Keep everything quiet, you hear." I just shrugged and we entered the lab with the cyborgs. They were displeased to see us. Captain Whitaker said "We got the details from the heads of the other cyborgs. They were fully taken apart. It was pretty exciting. You guys really fucked up this time." They looked surprised and then angry. "You fuckers! You have no right to do that to our deceased comrades." XB-24 shouted. XB-22 glared at us both and said "Our intelligence was incomplete. There was no way to know a renowned doctor and military asset would be protected by gangs." I smirked. "Well. That is all your fault. I do not die easily." I said.
