"Man, it seems like brainwash. I'll shoot some sense into ya if I have to!" Zeno declared.
"Hehehe, I should warn you, I have twenty three Septimas." Naomi smirked as she dashed forward with her arms spread out and a Grand Strizer in each hand.
"Now I can use my special attack." Zeno whispered.
"There's no ground here to use." Asimov reminded.
"Whoops." Zeno laughed nervously as he ducked a swing from Naomi's left Grand Strizer.
"Can't we talk about this?" Zeno pled.
"Nope!" Naomi refuted as Zeno jumped over her swinging the sword again.
She attempted to stab Zeno in the stomach. But he backed up before the sword could make contact. Aelita was awake in her bedroom and decided to call Naomi. However, Nova heard the phone ringing on the desk and decided to answer the call for Naomi.
"I'm afraid Naomi can't come to the phone right now. Is there a message you would like me to send her?" Nova greeted.
"It's nothing of importance. I just wanted to see if she was doing okay. It's been a while since I last heard from her." Aelita explained.
"She's doing fine right now." Nova lied.
Because Naomi most likeley would NOT be alright after the battle.
"Thank you, that was all I wanted to know." Aelita thanked before she ended the call in a panic.
Jeremy's phone began ringing.
"Aelita? Shouldn't you be asleep right now? He what!? I'm on my way now! Try calling Yumi!" Jeremy gasped as he jumped out of bed.
Jeremy called Ulrich who tried to wake up Odd.
"Odd! Odd! Odd get up Naomi's in trouble!" Ulrich shouted as he pushed Odd's back.
Getting thoughts of a sure fire way to wake Odd up, Ulrich pushed Odd from the other side of his bed so he fell onto the floor.
"Huh? This isn't the way to ice cream mountain." Odd complained.
"Yeah, but we'll be on the way to get Naomi. Aelita called her phone but guess who responded?" Ulrich spoke.
"The president of France?" Odd yawned.
"Think second highest ranking official of the Sumeragi." Ulrich corrected.
"Nova? But I don't understand. How did he get ahold of Naomi's phone?" Odd asked.
"Beats me, all I know is that he did. Aelita's going to meet us at the factory with Jeremy and Yumi." Ulrich elaborated.
So, everyone met up at the factory.
"I completely forgot! We installed that Sumerai tracker on Naomi's watch! And if she was right about the mission then we just might be able to track her!" Jeremy remembered.
Five minutes later, they managed to locate Naomi.
"She's at Firmament again. I wonder why." Yumi noticed.
"Asimov wanted her to get access to Sumeragi's inside secrets." Aelita stated.
"But in order to do that she needed to pose as one of them." Jeremy elucidated.
Naomi seemed to be doing well at that. She had exhausted Zeno who was just dealt a knockback.
"Can,we,take,five?" Zeno wheezed.
His response from Naomi was her running forward and when she was directly in front of him, she jumped into the air. Both hands holding an Ultimate Strizer over her head. Ultimate Strizer was even bigger than Grand Strizer by a third of its size.
"Naomi, you need to snap out of it. Attacking coworkers isn't part of the allowed prtocol." Asimov corrected.
Unfortunately, when Asimov realized what he said, it was too late.
"To reveal the road of redemption, just will be unsheathed, behold my unbreakable might!" Ultimate Strizer!"
That was all it took for Zeno to be down for the count. He'd be fine later after some first aid. Now it was Naomi's turn to be out of breath and on her knees. Her legs were folded underneath her as she sat on them with her hands on her knees palm side down.
"N-no, I, I can't go back. It's not my fault, r-right? I didn't do anything to make myself deserving of this fate. Or did I?" Naomi lamented.
"Well, you kinda do deserve it since ya knew you were gonna be working for the bad side." Zeno retorted.
"Asimov! She doesn't know what she's doing! You need to show her!" Moniqa informed.
Asimov grabbed Naomi by her left wrist which closed the distance between the two fighter. Naomi twirled the blade handle in her hand so she could stab Asimov squear in the chest. That's when the memory of seeing her father shoot Asimov was the only thing Naomi could see. She backed up, clenched her teeth and pressed her hands against the sides of her face while she shook her head with her eyes closed.
"N-no, I can't be like him, I refuse!" Naomi protested.
Just then, Naomi started her maniacal lughter again. this time, it was at an audible volume.
"But, if I were to be like him, then I would've shot him. So, I'll be better." Naomi smirked.
Naomi used Voltaic Chains to restrain Asimov and stop him from attacking her. However, it reminded her too much of Dr. Kamizono's report on the last time he experimented on Asimov. Shaking off the thought, Naomi decided to use a revengeful rain attack with her Hydro Pressure that she made herself. It would cause the room to seem as if it had water sprinklers. The water would decrease the defense of enemies in the room. And if they had a Septima with a weakness to water, it'd be nullified.
"She seriously thinks that what she's doin' is humane? Well then if that's the case then I'm Dr. Frankenstein." Zeno remarked.
Naomi was kneeling and pulling at her hair in frustration.
"No more, p-please, no more." Naomi cried.
"This won't stop, not until you surrender yourself to QUILL." Asimov declared.