The trio then walked to the next corner on the right to see Mr. Shino waving with a smile on his face. A few minutes later, Mr. Shino was driving Zeno, Xiao and Gunvolt to the Thermonuclear Facility after Xiao gave him directions.
"So, did it get decided that Atari would be benched today?" Mr. Shino asked.
Gunvolt shook his head.
"Well you see Mr. Shino-" Gunvolt spoke before getting cut off by Xiao.
"Atari's been-" however, Xiao was cut off by Zeno this time.
"Kidnapped." Zeno finished.
'It's my fault. If I remembered to help get Atari out of the building, she wouldn't have been kidnapped.' Gunvolt thought.
"It's not your fault Gunvolt. Your fight or flight responses took over and there's nothing you could have done to prevent that. Besides, all that matters is that everyone made it out unharmed." Mr. Shino spoke.
A little while later, Mr. Shino dropped the trio off at the Thermonuclear Facility. When they entered, the boy's saw crates of bombs piled like mountains who's tips pierced the sky.
"I'm not telling you anything!" Atari protested.
"Atari!" Gunvolt shouted.
Gunvolt then got a crazy idea, but it was the only option. GV had to explode all of the bombs. Gunvolt then looked at Zeno and Xiao.
"There's no other option. We have to light the bombs." Gunvolt spoke.
Xiao's eyes widened in surprise and worry.
"But we can't! We'd all explode!" Xiao refuted.
"I can block any oncoming missiles with my Flashfield." Gunvolt assured.
"But not from explosions." Xiao stated.
Gunvolt then called the idea off. Suddenly, Xiao got an idea.
"How about one of us distracts the guy while the others rescue Atari?" Xiao suggested.
Gunvolt and Zeno nodded in agreement.
"So, who's the distraction?" Zeno asked.
Xiao and Gunvolt looked at Zeno with confusion.
"Well, we actually were hoping you would do it Zeno." Gunvolt spoke.
Zeno then pointed to himself with his left index finger.
"Me? Why me?" Zeno wondered aloud.
"Well, you're the one who used the bomb before to get me to the Stratacombs. We were thinking you could do it again." Gunvolt replied.
Xiao then looked around.
"And there's a ton of bombs here." Xiao added.
"I'm gonna try something crazy." Zeno notified.
Zeno then took the lid off a box before taking a bomb and igniting it. When Zeno looked for a spot to throw the bomb, he noticed Copen looking at Taro. Atari noticed Zeno and smiled. Copen then walked forward slightly. Zeno then extinguished the bomb fuse.
"Freeze Adept!" Copen shouted.
Taro turned around before glaring at Copen.
"Silence human. Neither my interests nor objectives lie with you." Taro spoke.
Copen then shot Taro. Zeno quickly dashed over to where Atari was tied up in the chair before untying Atari. The team then made a mad dash for the exit before returning to the QUILL office. Atari then leaned back against the door.