Carrera nodded before knocking the captain out cold, roping him up and locking him in the storage closet. Jota then put on the captain's uniform on before tossing his body out the nearest window to be shark food and placing his Sumeragi uniform in the closet in place of the captain's body.
Jota then put the boat on cruise control before going to the banquet room. In there was Arson and Naomi who were conversing with an elderly married couple.
"I always wondered if Jules Verne considered using the Bermuda Triangle." Naomi guessed.
The man nodded.
"It would have possibly made for a much more interesting story." The man agreed.
Jota then walked over to the 4.
"Excuse me for one moment. But would you two like to join me at my table for lunch?" Jota spoke.
Naomi and Arson saw right through Jota. Down to his scheme of locking them down in the cargo hold. Suddenly, Naomi got an idea.
"Of course, my friend and I would be absolutely delighted to join you for lunch." Naomi smiled.
"Excellent. Lunch shall begin in 45 minutes." Jota grinned before walking off.
"Well, it was a pleasure talking to you." The woman beamed before her and her husband walked off.
"Naomi, why did you agree to that!?" Arson exclaimed.
"Because, Jota is most likely to put us in the cargo hold." Naomi explained before being cut off by Arson.
"How is that a good thing!?" Arson argued.
"I was going to get to that. Just before you CUT ME OFF! Anyways, Jota said Joule and Mytyl were in a crate right? So, they have to be in the cargo hold. But my question is, what is the payload Nova was referring to earlier?" Naomi rambled.
"Wait, weren't we supposed to destroy or dispose of the cargo?" Arson questioned.
Naomi slapped her forehead with her right hand.
"I didn't let Asimov finish speaking! Darn it! Now I'm gonna have to apologize." Naomi ranted.
Naomi then called Asimov even though she knew she'd regret it later.
"Hello?" Asimov greeted.
"Hey, I'm sorry I didn't let you finish talking earlier. So, I was wondering, do we just destroy or dispose of the payload?" Naomi pondered.
"Dispose most of it in the ocean. But save one of the NR-11's so we can look at it's structure." Asimov responded.
"Wait, I'll just teleport all of the bombs back home along with Joule and Mytyl. Then all I have to do is rig the bombs to blow on my command." Naomi beamed.
"Hey Asimov? Can you team me up with someone who isn't a psychopath!?" Arson whisper shouted.
"I changed my mind about you Arson. I'm sorry for misjudging you. I finally found someone who agrees with me!" Naomi spoke.
Asimov then dropped the call.
"Well that's fantastic! Now I'm gonna have to call him back! Wait, you do it." Naomi snarled.
"Me! Why me!?" Arson debated.
"Because, you're the one who started this jitt in the first place! You're the one who asked him if you could be teamed up with someone who wasn't a psychopath!" Naomi protested.
Naomi then looked at Arson.
"You know what, never mind, just forget it." Naomi sighed.
"Now let's go down to the cargo hold and get this mission done. There's someone I promised I'd go visit later." Arson spoke.
Naomi then teleported the bombs and box to the lab under the sanatorium. Naomi then teleported herself and Arson to the lab.
"Naomi, could you please explain to me what all of this is and what it's doing here?" Dr. Kamizono interrogated.
"Well dad, the thing is, I kinda did this off an impulse. So, I thought from what Nova told me, Mytyl was kidnapped and taken to Firmament. But then I heard a friend was taken to. And she also has the Muse Septima.
Anyways, her and Mytyl were kidnapped then put on a ship. Ironically I was told to go remove the cargo but bring back one of the NR-11 bombs so it could be dismantled. Turns out Nova was lying in a horribly failed attempt to scare me." Naomi explained.
Naomi then got a crowbar from the desk and took the front from the crate to reveal Joule and Mytyl cramped together in the box.
"Wha, where is this place?" Joule questioned shakily.
Naomi slapped her forehead with her left hand.
"I'm sorry Joule. I'll take you back to the apartment. Wanna walk?" Naomi spoke.
Joule smiled and nodded.
"I'll be right back." Naomi promised before going upstairs and leaving with Joule.
"Who was that?" Joule asked.
"Who was who?" Naomi questioned.
"That man you were talking to." Joule answered.
'Oh gosh, how do I explain this?' Naomi mentally panicked.
Joule noticed the look of concern and panic on Naomi's face.
"Hey! You forgot me!" Arson yelled.
Naomi and Joule turned around to see Arson. He was bent over panting with his hands on his knees.
"You, h, how did you ever survive!?" Arson pondered.
"That's my family, and I love them. And if you love someone, you put up with them and their ways. No matter how much you dislike them." Naomi responded.
Arson then stood up before he combed his hair back with his right hand.
"So, is that your way of saying you love me?" Arson smiled.
"Since when did I ever say this was about you?" Naomi teased before walking ahead with Joule to a cross walk.
"So, where are you girls headed?" Arson wondered.
"I'm going to bring Joule back to GV's apartment." Naomi notified.
"Sounds fun. Can I come with you?" Arson begged.
"Didn't you say earlier that you had to visit someone?" Naomi remembered
"Eh, they probably wouldn't mind if I was late by a minute or two." Arson argued.
Naomi shrugged her shoulders and rolled her eyes. Suddenly, the sound of the cross walk bell notified the three that they could go. Soon Naomi and Gunvolt were talking about the Mantis.
"Um, who is he?" Gunvolt queried while looking at Arson.
"Oh, that's the new trainee. His name is Alex Darrell but his code name is Arson." Naomi introduced.
"Asimov didn't tell me about you." Gunvolt remarked.
"Yeah, now that I think about it. He's a pretty secretive guy huh?" Naomi wondered.
Immediately after she finished her sentence, Naomi received a call. Naomi then answered the call.
"Um, so, I just walked into the lab. I can't even see past the work bench." Copen notified.
"Sorry about that. I'm saving them so I can rig places to explode to bits." Naomi spoke.
As soon as Naomi hung up, Arson got a call on his phone. "Hey, sorry I'm not there yet. Some new case came up at work." Arson apologized.
"Again!? This is the same excuse as last time!" a girl on the other end ranted.
"I'm sorry my sweet but I'll have to call you back goodbye." Arson finished.
As soon as Arson finished, Naomi got up. Then asked to borrow a book from Joule. Joule accepted the request. Naomi proceeded to stalk up on Arson who was talking to his very angry girlfriend. Suddenly, wham! Arson was knocked comatose by Naomi whacking him from behind full force on the back of his skull with the book.
"Are you okay?" the girl worried.
Naomi then picked up Arson's phone and answered his girlfriend.
"I', I'm sorry to say but a bookshelf just fell and a book knocked him out. I'll have him call you as soon as he wakes up." Naomi rambled before ending the call.
Naomi then sighed.
"That's what you get! You freaky tryna two time cheapskate!" Naomi fumed.
Joule laughed while Gunvolt looked curiously at Arson, and then at Naomi.
"When do you think he'll come to?" Joule asked.
"Eh, knowing him he'll probly come back around in a few hours." Naomi guessed.