Soon, the Naomi clone was standing in front of the sanatorium before knocking on the left door. Nori opened it to see Naomi.
"Back so soon?" Nori greeted.
Nori then looked left and right of Naomi.
"Did you leave Copen behind?" Nori questioned.
Naomi nodded.
"He said something about he wasn't coming back until Sumeragi was destroyed. So I doubt he's ever coming back." The Naomi clone lied.
Nori nodded before backing away slightly to let the clone in. Naomi then went to where Mytyl was lying in her room reading a book. Mytyl then looked up to see the clone. Naomi then walked over to Mytyl before sitting on the foot of her bed.
"So, whatcha readin?" the clone wondered.
Mytyl put down the book and picked up her tablet.
'What took ya so long sis?' Mytyl wrote.
"Well, we had more guys than I thought we had to fight, I fell asleep during the meeting, which was super embarrassing. Anyways, how was your day?" Naomi spoke.
Mytyl smiled before picking up her tablet and writing something else.
'You know my birthday's coming up right?' Mytyl wrote.
"Yeah, in exactly two weeks tops." Naomi answered.
Naomi squinted her eyes at Mytyl before putting her hands on her hips and rolling her eyes.
"Are you trying to hint at something? A birthday present perhaps?" Naomi guessed.
Mytyl erased what she wrote before to write something else. Mytyl then turned her tablet around.
'I was wondering about if we could do a sibling fun day and go out.' Mytyl wrote.
The clone ruffled Mytyl's hair before standing up.
"No worries. I'll make sure of it. If not, as a reminder I'll slap myself and hide all of Copen's gear before forcing him to come before I give it back to him." Naomi joked.
Just then, Nori walked in with two trays. They both had meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green peas and milk. The left tray had a cup of tapioca pudding while the right tray had a slice of chocolate cake on a medium sized saucer.
"Are you two hungry?" Nori wondered.
The Naomi clone shook her head.
"I'm not hungry. To be specific I'm a digitally generated random polymorphic energy field controlled by a basic non evolving behavioral program." Naomi spoke.
Nori and Mytyl didn't understand what Naomi said so they didn't reply. Nori then gave Mytyl the tray with the tapioca pudding before handing the tray that had the slice of cake on it to Naomi. Nori then shut the door.
When the Naomi clone tried to place some of the meatloaf in her mouth, it vanished.
'Fake it till you make it.' Naomi thought.
Naomi then kept fake eating until everything on the tray was gone. A few minutes later, Nori came back to pick up the trays. Naomi then got up and hugged Mytyl before going to her room to get some sleep. However, it seemed like Copen and Gunvolt definitely wouldn't get any rest.
When they reached the hallway, the two were greeted by Asimov who was standing on the left side of the door, blood patches staining his uniform. Then Copen and Gunvolt walked over to Asimov who took his gun out and aimed it at Copen.
"So, I take it you're Copen." Asimov noticed.
"So, you're the Adept leader of QUILL." Copen noticed.
"It seems we both have intel on each other." Asimov spoke.
Copen scoffed.
"Well I bet you don't have intel on this. Greed Snatcher!" Copen spoke before shooting six Bullit's at Asimov.
Asimov then dodged all of the Bullit's.
"Was that your plan? To shoot me?" Asimov teased.
Copen's eyes widened in surprise.
"Let the vengeance be released, shall the enemy fall and justice be brought! Voltaic Chains!" Asimov spoke.
Suddenly, massive metal chains appeared and filled the hallway. Immediately after, azure lightning sparked the chains and pierced Copen's armor before he got injured and collapsed as his body couldn't handle the shock or pain. In the room, Naomi woke up and turned herself invisible before dashing to the right so Stratos couldn't recapture her.
Naomi then dashed to the door right before Stratos told Nova that Naomi had escaped. Nova then spoke.
"She can't escape. If she tried to break the glass, she would kill us but herself as well. Besides, she won't go anywhere without her robot." Nova answered.
Suddenly, Nova got an idea.
"Tell the captain of the guards to triple the security at the room containing the robot." Nova ordered.
Stratos nodded before exiting the room. Unbeknownst to Stratos and Nova, Naomi had quickly exited the room behind Stratos. When they exited the room, Stratos and Naomi were caught in an onslaught of incoming gunfire.
Soon enough, Naomi was shot by Copen in the throat and revealed. This is the one flaw the programming had. Naomi's watch ran the program and if a Bullit was shot near her, the magnetic capabilities of the metal would interfere with the program.
Copen, Gunvolt and Asimov immediately stopped shooting as soon as Naomi fell to the floor with a thud. Copen dropped his gun before grabbing Naomi's left wrist and checked Naomi for a pulse. However, there was no pulse.
Copen balled up his right fist before slamming it onto the floor and letting the tears welling up behind his eyes flow. Copen stopped crying before getting his gun and aiming it at Gunvolt.
"Damn you Gunvolt. This is all your fault!" Copen fumed.
Suddenly, as if by magic, Naomi sat up and started coughing. Copen then darted back to Naomi who had managed to cough the Bullit out of her throat. Copen then checked to see if Naomi had a pulse again. To his surprise, Copen didn't find one.
"If you're wondering why I don't have a pulse, it's because of Elise. It turns out that any Adept I've won a fight against, I'll absorb their Septima. Since Elise could bring herself back from the dead, I guess it did that with me." Naomi theorized.
'Was this what Elise meant by 'I will haunt you, and when I do, it will be to someone you care about'?' Copen guessed.
Naomi then stood up.
"Well, I'm going to get Lola. Anyone want to come with me?" Naomi spoke.
Nobody moved an inch. Naomi rolled her eyes.
"Okay, I'll see you guys later then I guess." Naomi supposed before walking off.
