Nima, who had been taking the time examining the fish swimming in the aquariums, looked over at Yoder and gasped. He was messing around with the thermos.
"Hey! Don't open that!" Nima said quietly. "Are you crazy? Someone will see!"
Yoder screwed on the false bottom to the thermos.
"Relax." Yoder said.
"See what?" Jess asked. She walked over to them.
"Dammit, you careless idiot." Nima growled.
"Uh. What was that thing?" Jess asked. "Some kind of spy gear?"
"Yeah, that's right." Yoder lied. "Top secret. In fact, if you tell anyone about it, I'll have to kill ya."
Jess stepped back, slightly frightened.
Nima stepped in between the two.
"You won't lay a finger on her." Nima said, coldly.
"I was just messing around." Yoder said.
"Everyone!" Gerry called out. "The elevator's here!"
"About time." Yoder said.
"What's going on here?" Gerry asked.
"Nothing." Yoder said. "Everything's fine."
Yoder walked past the group towards the elevator.
Jess stared at Yoder as he put the thermos away.
Yoder turned around inside the elevator.
"Aw jeeze...get over it!" Yoder snapped. "Let's go! We don't got all day!"
Gerry pressed a switch. The doors closed, and the elevator began ascending.