"If you want I can devirtualize you." Jeremy offered.
"Thanks Einstein but I'm good." Ulrich thanked.
"Wait, can't you track Naomi with her Muse Septima?" Aelita queried.
"I can try." Jeremy supposed.
Jeremy then started to work on a new program with Copen's help.
"I think either she found the files or needs help because she's on the seventh floor and her icon isn't moving." Jeremy informed.
"Wait, didn't Naomi say that the seventh floor is where they experimented on Adepts?" Yumi guessed.
Everyone then made a mad dash to the 7th floor. Luckily, the floor was calm. Suddenly, everyone heard a metallic slam. They went to see where it came from. They saw a folder in the air near the filing cabinet before it disappeared.
"I don't see Naomi on my screen anymore guys." Jeremy notified.
"She either went home or to work, my best guess would be the QUILL office." Copen theorized.
"Can you teleport us there Jeremy?" Ulrich hoped.
"I'm teleporting you all there now." Jeremy answered.
However, Jeremy noticed a notification in the form of 'access denied'.
"What!? I don't understand!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Is something wrong Jeremy?" Aelita wondered.
"It seems the program won't let me teleport you to the QUILL office building." Jeremy notified.
"That's because I disabled it." Xana notified.
"Why did you do that?" Aelita interrogated.
"If anyone that enters the building that isn't registered the building will go into lockdown mode. That'll cause titanium shutters to fall over the building. Along with that, all communications with the building will be cut off." Xana explained.
"So it looks like we won't be able to catch Naomi." Odd sighed.
"I think it'd be best if you guys go back and get some rest. I'll go home with Lola and patch you through to Naomi when I see her." Copen informed.
"Thanks." Ulrich thanked before him and the others were devirtualized.
"We'd better get some sleep then. Goodnight guys." Jeremy commented before him and the others went to bed.
Back with Naomi, she was talking to Moniqa.
"So, why did you ask for your vacation days to be removed?" Moniqa queried.
"I want to stay away from home as much as humanly or Adeptly possible." Naomi explained.
"You don't like your home life? Why's that?" Moniqa pondered.
Naomi started laughing.
"I forgot you didn't know. One of the people I live with hates Adepts because one tried to kill him and my brother doesn't like them cause that's what he's been raised around." Naomi laughed.
"What happened exactly?" Moniqa asked.
'It happened I forgot how long ago exactly but it was a fire started by an Adept that had Angered Explosion, I don't know who it was though." Naomi answered.
"I'm sorry about that." Moniqa apologized.
"I thought you'd be happy. It was the Sumeragi's future institute of technology building that went up in a fireball." Naomi pondered.
"You know someone that worked for the Sumeragi?" Moniqa wondered.
"Don't we all? Cause we have intel on Sumeragi employees cause they're our enemies." Naomi joked.
"You don't want to talk about it do you?" Asimov supposed.
Naomi jumped with a wide eyed expression as she looked up at her employer.
"I don't like ta lie." Naomi confessed.
"it's fine if you don't want to talk about it." Moniqa notified.
"No Joule, I don't think Naomi would want to visit to try your new noodle creation." Gunvolt spoke.
"Oh, I see." Joule sighed.
Naomi heard the conversation and walked over to them.
"I wouldn't want to try what noodle creation? I'm up for pretty much anything." Naomi added.
"Joule was just wondering if you'd be okay with trying some ramen noodles with-" but Joule panickily waved her hands in the air with her eyes shut.
"Lemme guess, you want me to go to the apartment and try em?" Naomi guessed.
"If you wouldn't mind." Joule admitted.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt, beats goin home and grabbin somethin." Naomi confirmed.
"We have to get back in half an hour, it's already twelve thirty." Gunvolt informed.
Naomi then teleported herself, Joule and Gunvolt to the apartment's kitchen.
"So, what's the creation?" Naomi questioned.
"Roast beef flavored ramen with slices of roast beef." Joule replied.
"It doesn't look half bad." Naomi added.
"There's some chopsticks." Joule smiled.
Naomi hesitantly grabbed some of the noodles and the corner of a slice of roast beef with the chopsticks and ate it.
"This is great Joule." Naomi commented.