"Phew, looks like the backup's workin' great." Naomi sighed happily as she saw Dr. Kamizono talking with Asimov.
"Uh, Naomi, is he your backup?" Gunvolt wondered as he pointed to the man arguing with Asimov.
"Yup, honestly I feel a l'il bad that I asked him for help. But it seemed taking advantage of him experimenting on the boss in the past was a bit cruel. Whadda ya think?" Naomi commented.
"That's-!" Gunvolt gasped.
"Ya gotta be kiddin' me man!" Zeno shouted.
"Well it's not like I coulda asked anyone else! Mytyl sure as heck couldn't do it, Copen would shoot up the place; maybe I should've asked Nori instead." Naomi huffed.
"This definitely won't end well." Moniqa noted.
"For any of us." Gunvolt agreed.
Naomi called home with her phone.
"Hey mom, I just wanted to let you know that I'm sorry. That and I may not be coming home for a while if my plan falls through." Naomi apologized.
"Why wouldn't you be coming home?" Naomi's mother asked.
"My boss wants me to surrender myself at Firmament. All so he can see if some Adept working for them got a new Septima, find a way to take down the delegates and look for any inside secrets they have." Naomi explained.
"When you're done proving your point on why he shouldn't be wrongfully making his employees suffer, can we talk? Just us?" Naomi's mother queried.
"What did I do now? That gunshot wasn't me." Naomi groaned.
"I just wanted us to have some normal girl talk for a change." Naomi's mother stated.
"Why not ask Mytyl if she wants to talk with you? She's always around and bored I'm sure." Naomi commented.
"That's why I want to talk with you. You're not around all that often. So, I just want to check and see if you're alright." Naomi's mother informed.
Man, she's persistent. If she would've given up on the idea then she would've used paast tense words like wanted and were. Naomi thought.
"Uh, sure mom, I've gotta go now. I'll see you when I get back, love ya. Bye." Naomi smiled as she ended the call before rolling her eyes and turning around.
When she did however, it caused Naomi to begin wondering which she regretted worse; asking her father to assist her or agreeing to having a one on one girl talk with her mother. Because Naomi saw both men with their guns aimed at each other. One claiming they knew what was best for her while the other heavily insisted the mission was for the good of the world. She was staring wide eyed, her body stiff and face ashen.
"Naomi? Are you okay?" Gunvolt worried.
"Yeah man, ya seem a l'il pale." Zeno agreed.
Naomi put her left hand over her mouth while her right hand was clenching the blue pleated fabric of her shirt while laughing. It was quieter than a normal laugh but was still audible. That's when the fight really escalated. Dr. Kamizono actually shot Asimov. Naomi began to feel dizzy and tilting. As soon as she saw blood begin to trickle in a stream down Asimov's uniform, that was it. Naomi's knees buckled as she passed out, which caused her to be sitting with her legs folded under her. She would've fallen flat on her face if it wasn't for Gunvolt placing Naomi's left arm over his shoulders as he kept a tight grip while Zeno did the same on the right. They put Naomi on the couch to lie down.
"I"ll call Quinn so she can bring her first aid kit." Gunvolt stated as he called Quinn.
"I'mma go grab a cup a water an' see if I can wake Naomi up. Maybe she'll know what ta do 'bout this mess. Since she is the one who started it in the first place after all. Man, that's the second time someone got shot cause a her in this buildin'." Zeno droned.
After grabbing a cup of water from the water cooler, Zeno clapped Naomi's right cheek twice. Her eyelids twitched, then nothing. That's when Zeno let her have it. He threw the contents of the cup onto Naomi's face. She awoke with a startle. Gasping for air, sitting straight up, her feet touching the right arm of the sofa. She was fuming, glaring at Zeno while he smiled wide with his eyes shut as he held his stinging cheek.
"What the frick is wrong with you!? Dude you're worse than Merak!" Naomi hollered.
"Geez, that's the thanks I get for wakin' up the sleepin' beauty?" Zeno teased.
"You'll be sleepin' with the fishes if ya don't leave me alone." Naomi threatened.
Zeno backed up slowly with his hands in the air before getting a safe distance away from Naomi in order to find Moniqa and calm her down.
"Dang, I guess today just ain't my day." Naomi muttered as she and her father returned home.
"I"m not allowing you to return to work for two weeks. You can visit anybody but Asimov and no going to the office. I knew you worked for an anti-Sumeragi corporation but I didn't think that would be the person running it." Dr. Kamizono spoke.
"I'm wondering if he lost his mind. Speaking of losing minds, I promised mom we'd have some girl talk. After though, the first thing I'm sure to do is buy myself a get well soon card." Naomi muttered as she walked off.
Naomi finished talking when the clock read 11:45.
Phew, fifteen minutes till lunch. Naomi noticed.
Naomi then decided to go down to the basement and apologize to Nori. When she finished lunch, Naomi called the Lyoko warriors.
"Hey Naomi, I'm teaching Jeremy how to play video games. Do you wanna come watch?" Odd greeted.
"Now that I definitely can't miss. I'll be right over." Naomi agreed.
Naomi teleported to Ulrich and Odd's dorm.