Everybody left the room. Swan and Shelly went back to the laboratory, and everyone else went their own ways. Wells, however, needed a chat with Jasmine, who was still holding the baby.
"Marika." he referred to her by her proper first name.
"You did surprise me back there." she remarked before he could start, "I didn't know you could possibly care so much about the..."
"There's another reason why this kid needs protection." Wells interrupted her.
Jasmine looked at him surprised, the normal way. She had put up a questionable face, to which Wells replied: "What if this kid is found by some bad guy, and decides to raise him to do his bidding?"
That's when Jasmine understood too: "I haven't thought of that."
"A child of such power isn't safe from anything or anyone." Wells added.
"Anything like dirt?" Umeko's voice stated.
Both Jasmine and Wells turned surprised, to see that Umeko was standing right next to them.
"Dirt?" Wells didn't understand where she was taking it.
"He's been in outer space for thousands of years! He never had a proper bath!" she explained.
Wells sighed: "Nearly forgot about your... if only I took my time to look that word up."
Umeko didn't really seem to care what he wanted to say. She took the baby out of Jasmine's hands and headed to the bathroom.
"Hey!" Wells called back to her.
"Don't worry! A nice hot tub can't hurt him!" Umeko assured him.
Umeko ran off. Wells wanted to stop her, but Jasmine stopped Wells: "Let her take care of him."
Wells couldn't be stopped: "That kid is given my protection! Would you let it be guarded by another kid?"
Jasmine smiled: "I know Umeko is a bit of a child of her own, but she has taken care of a bigger baby before."
Wells was puzzled: "What does that mean?"
"Just relax! She knows what she's doing."
Wells could only just catch a glimpse of Umeko, as she disappeared around the corner. He mumbled something in English, indicating he's not entirely convinced about the kid being safe with Umeko.
Umeko's bathtub, full of foam as usual, had something that looked like a baby-seat installed. The point of this is to allow the kid to enjoy this bath too, without risking him to drown.
It didn't take long for her before she introduced the kid to her ducks: "Do you have ducks on your planet? Do you? They're cute little animals, aren't they?!"
She made them squeak one by one, and the baby seemed to enjoy it.
"Awww... you like them too! Say, do you know bathtubs back home? Can you do this?"
She dived her head into the water, stayed down for ten seconds, then went back up.
Umeko gasped for air: "Ahhh... that felt goo..."
Before she finished her sentence, she realized the baby wasn't there anymore! She looked around thinking he may have flown up, searched her tub in the possibility he took a dive as well,... but she didn't find him. The baby's gone!
A little while later, somebody entered the lab. That somebody, who looked like an anthropomorphic ant, didn't count on someone else being there however.
"Who are you?" Shelly asked him.
He didn't answer. Instead, he punched her in her face, and went searching through the meteor rocks. Shelly, in the meantime, got up, held up her license as she made her pose: "Emergency! Dekazero!"
Shelly changed into a dekasuit. It had an orange color, and 0 as designation number. The suit was once a prototype to Swan's suit. Since neither Swan or Shelly are really agents, they don't actually have a designation number, hence 0.
"Face on!" Shelly finished her transformation.
Whoever this guy was, apart from being an Alienizer, he didn't seem to be intimidated with this appearance. Dekazero raised her fists, and attacked him. No matter what she did, nothing seemed to help. Instead, she managed to break one of the meteorites. The Alienizer picked up one piece, punched Dekazero in her stomach, and left. Shelly could only just see how he shrunk himself to the size of an action figure, and crawled into the ventilation systems.