"Well I'd better get home and pray my dad doesn't decide to interrogate me again. See ya later guys!" Naomi smiled before teleporting herself to bed and falling asleep.
The next morning Naomi woke up and noticed a missed call from Ulrich.
"Hey Ulrich, what's up?" Naomi greeted groggily.
"Just wanted to make sure you didn't get kidnapped in your sleep." Ulrich teased.
"Well I'm fine, how's the others?" Naomi laughed.
"They're okay, I just think Aelita's a little shaken up about that encounter." Ulrich answered.
"If you guys need me I'm going kill Mr. Akito. See ya." Naomi smiled before ending the call.
"Naomi! You can't do that by yourself! Naomi! You're crazy! Hello? Darn it!" Ulrich yelled.
"Something the matter good buddy?" Odd questioned.
"Naomi's going to kill Akito by herself." Ulrich replied.
"Wait, doesn't he work on the eighth floor of the Sumeragi's main office building?" Odd pondered aloud.
"Yeah, he does." Ulrich remembered.
Back with Naomi, she turned herself invisible before returning to the Sumeragi building's 8th floor.
'Time to test out this smart Bullit and see if it works.' Naomi thought before aiming her gun at Akito and firing the shot.
It was so fast nobody had time to react. Everyone was dead within a few seconds. However, Naomi didn't notice the camera that filmed the entire incident. Deciding to show everyone she was fine, Naomi teleported to Kadic.
"See? It's fine, I'm fine, everybody except Mr. Akito and everyone else who worked on the floor with him is fine." Naomi assured.
"So, what should we do?" Odd pondered aloud.
"I think checking the news might be a good idea." Naomi suggested.
Naomi then used her watch to show the news on the factory interface.
"The Sumeragi has just experienced the loss of all its eighth floor staff including the head executive of their technology department, Akito Hiyoshi. This image was taken of the intruder." The news woman reported before a photo showing the back of Naomi's head appeared onscreen.
"This is the person claimed to be the perpetrator. It has been verified that the Sumeragi knows who the culprit is. However, they didn't reveal too much about them. Nick, what's say you?" the news woman spoke.
"Well, Nova has made a public appearance to answer citizens questions about the incident. I'm here now covering the scene." Nick answered.
The camera then turned to show Nova behind a podium.
"I assure all of you we'll stop Naomi in her tracks and give her a life sentence in prison for her crimes. She won't get away." Nova lectured before Naomi turned off the news broadcast.
"That's it! I've had it up to Firmament with him! I swear I'm gonna-!" Before Naomi could finish her phone rang.
The gang mentally sighed in relief.
"Hello?" Naomi greeted.
"The boss wanted me to ask ya if you wanted in on a little James Bond action." Zeno informed.
"What's the mission?" Naomi questioned.
"Killing Nova with a poison Bullit." Zeno replied.
"I'm in. When does the mission start?" Naomi added.
"Eleven o'clock tonight." Zeno notified.
"Aight, I'll see ya then; later." Naomi agreed before ending the call.
"Who was that?" Ulrich queried.
"Zeno. He said Asimov wants me to go kill Nova with a poison Bullit to make sure he dies and stays dead." Naomi elucidated.
"When's the mission start?" Jeremy asked.
"Eleven o'clock tonight." Naomi replied.
"Can we come with you?" Odd begged.
Naomi shook her head.
"It's best you guys don't come. Someone at work can back me up. And if I get desperate enough, I'll call Arson." Naomi assured.
"If you insist." Ulrich remarked.
Naomi then shot Ulrich a cold glare.
"So, what do you guys wanna do?" Naomi wondered.
"I have absolutely no idea." Ulrich sighed.
"How about we get some ice cream?" Odd recommended.
"I guess, the sugar might help keep me up till mission time." Naomi theorized.
So everyone walked to the ice cream shop and sat outside. The tables only seated 3 people each and there were two tables. The seats were a meter tall and the actual seat was a foot tall. The back of the seat was curved into a heart. The seats and tables were white.
Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy sat at the table on the left. Yumi, Naomi and Aelita sat at the table on the right. Just then a waitress in a red knee length dress with short sleeves enough to cover her shoulders, a black waist apron and black high heels. Her hair was dirty blond, she had tannish skin and green eyes.
"Can I help you?" the waitress asked.
"Can I have a mint chocolate chip cone?" Ulrich asked.
"I'll take a brownie bowl." Odd smiled.
"I'll take a vanilla cone please." Jeremy added.
The waitress nodded before going to the table the girls were sitting at.
"Are you ready to order?" the waitress questioned.
"Can I have a blackberry cone please?" Yumi queried.
The waitress nodded.
"I'll take a strawberry cone." Aelita answered.
"Can I have a recommendation? I've never been here before." Naomi stuttered nervously.
"We have the unicorn." The waitress suggested.
"Um, can I ask what's in it?" Naomi wondered.
"It's dual colored cotton candy ice cream topped with whipped cream, black fondant eyelashes and a unicorn horn made of a strand of marshmallow rope." The waitress explained.
"It sounds good. I'll try it." Naomi agreed.
The waitress then walked back inside.
"So, does anyone want to talk about something?" Naomi pondered aloud.
"So, when do you think people should wake up at the earliest?" Odd asked.
"Nine in the morning. Anything before that if it's mandatory I get up but I'll be angry. If I can go back to bed I'll shrug it off." Naomi responded.
"So, Ulrich, since we're staying at school for the summer, do you plan to work on your soccer skills?" Aelita queried.
"I am so hopefully we can beat St. Pierres and Matt." Ulrich snarled.
"So, Naomi, what's it like being lab c-" but Naomi cut Yumi off.
"Wow, that blackberry cone you got looks delicious Yumi." Naomi interjected.
The waitress handed out everyone's dessert and Yumi paid. Naomi took one little spoon of the ice cream before digging in. After a minute, Naomi got a brain freeze and had her left hand curled into a fist on the table with her head down.
"First brain freeze huh?" Ulrich queried.
Naomi didn't respond.
"I'm immune to brain freezes." Odd bragged.
"Nobody can be immune to brain freezes Odd." Yumi remarked.
Odd crossed his arms before huffing and slumping in his chair while the others laughed. Naomi then went back to eating her ice cream.
"So, about the whole controlling Adepts behind closed doors thing, where do they get their test subjects?" Jeremy interrogated.
"They take immigrant children from their parents or orphanages and they also take kids who already have Septimas. Stratos is actually nineteen though. From the data about him it said he was normal until he decided to help the Sumeragi with their trial run of the seed drug." Naomi informed.
"What's that?" Ulrich asked.
"It's an acronym for Septima enhancing experimental drug because it was in the process of development." Naomi explained.
"Have they ever experienced a shortage of test subjects?" Yumi inqueried.
Naomi's right eye began twitching before she spoke.
"Okay, I know what you guys are trying to get at. Fine, I'll tell you, but only at the factory." Naomi growled.
So, after everyone finished their ice creams, the group and Naomi went to the factory.
"Now, what's this so called 'point' Jeremy and Yumi were trying to get at?' Aelita pondered aloud.
"Have you guys seen that movie yet about how kid was made using the DNA of one of one of the top scientists in the experiment they were working on?" Naomi asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Well, that's basically what happened with me. I'm in a sense a literal test tube baby. That is, if you consider a liquid filled thing the size of the scanner a test tube. I was supposed to be kept where Elise was but luckily I wasn't. I was so grateful to live at the sanatorium and I still am." Naomi elucidated.
Suddenly, Naomi's watch rang, showing Zeno's name on screen.
"Heya, what's up?" Naomi greeted.
"Big trouble that's what's up!" Zeno exclaimed.
"Can you calm down, slow down and tell me just exactly what the heck is going on!?" Naomi ranted.