'Great, she just lowkey grounded me. And it wasn't even my fault!' Naomi mentally ranted.
She threw her back first onto her bed and sat Lola on a pillow.
"I never would've thought Mytyl would try and do something like that." Lola mused.
"Honestly, me either. I'm still confused as to why the heck the boss did what he did. I mean, was it really neccessary for him to force my hand to work for the Sumeragi again? When he literally could've just hacked the surveillance feed and data banks for the same info?" Naomi ranted.
Lola rolled herself as she pondered over what Naomi just said.
"You don't get it either I take it?" Naomi noticed.
Lola rolled forward and backward, her version of nodding.
"I could've done the hacking for him! I can do location masking in my sleep! Er, if I needed to sleep." Lola commented.
"Sometimes I think he's got a sadistic side and it shows in the form of him torturing his employees." Naomi snickered.
When she entered the basement, Naomi found it rather quiet.
"Oh rats! I said I'd bake with Quinn and Joule at GV's place and that we'd play Celestial Concord. I'd better go before they start thinkin' I ditched 'em." Naomi ranted as she placed Lola in her charger and teleported to Gunvolt's place.
"Hey, I hope ya'll didn't start the party without me." Naomi joked.
Joule ran and hugged Naomi, her face snuggled into the dragons shirt.
"I thought you would be a no show." Joule sniffled.
"I told Lola you were gonna say the same thing." Naomi stated.
"Oh, Naomi, we were afraid you weren't able to make it!" Quinn greeted.
"I wouldn't miss it for a promotion." Naomi teased.
"We're making a chocolate cake with two layers and chocolate icing. Afterwards there's icing on the top and sides before putting some coconut shavings over the icing. For the final touch we'll put a pattern of chocolate icing dollops and Cella's." Quinn anounced.
"Uh, I'm sorry but I came to say it looks like I'll have to cancel. I'll help with it tomorrow." Naomi apologized before teleporting.
She fell asleep in her bed with Lola. The following morning, Naomi woke up to her phone buzzing three times. She groaned, rolled and grabbed her phone. Naomi saw three texts, one from Joule, another from GV and the last one from Quinn.
All of them were regarding Naomi leaving last night. Naomi decided to text Quinn.
Did you guys make the cake without me?
Well, yeah. We just got finished making it. As soon as I got your message, Joule put the last Cella on it.
What did you do with the leftovers?
We decorated three extra Cella's we had left with frosting. My design was flowing hair, Joule's was butterfly wings and GV's was supposed to be a face. The nose was smudged though. I saved some icing and a Cella for you to make a design.
Then I'll make such a cool lightning strike that even GV will be shocked.
Naomi turned her phone off and teleported to Quinn's house. She was due to work at 10:14 instead of her usual hours and it was only 9:45. So, she had time and knocked. Quinn practically yanked Naomi through the door. While the girls were in the kitchen, Quinn put her tea kettle on the stove to boil. Naomi's lighting strike was decently done. When the tea was done, Naomi wiped the icing off and put the cherry into her tea. She was surprised with how good the cherry made it taste.
"Is it any good?" Quinn wondered.
Naomi nodded happily.
"Maybe I sould get some more and try that." Quinn supposed.
"It's not bad, taste like a chocolate covered fruit salad." Naomi added.
"I've been wanting to ask you something, about Asimov. Do you think he shouldn't have asked you to work for the Sumeragi again?" Quinn pondered.
"That's the only thing I've been thinking about since I came back." Naomi responded.
"GV filled me in on what he knew happened, same with Lumen and Joule." Quinn explained nervously.
"I take it one of them told you how I was signed over to the Sumeragi?" Naomi guessed as she pointed to Quinn.
With a sad nod, Quinn confirmed the answer Naomi was afraid of receiving.
"Rats, you weren't supposed to know. I'm really sorry about that." Naomi sighed as she felt her heart squeeze in on itself.
"It's okay, the more I get to help you with right?" Quinn assured.
Naomi didn't want to tell Quinn no, she just didn't have the heart. She knew Quinn only wanted to help. But Naomi did't want her help. Really because she didn't want an innocent human being involved in her affairs. That and if she needed help, Naomi had the entirety of QUILL at her disposal. She soon began to recall the tale Gunvolt told her about his first encounter with the automotive company heiress.
*Start Flashback*
The door to the QUILL elevator opened, revealing what appeared to be a very exhausted Gunvolt.
"Man, you look like heck, what gives?" Naomi queried.
"On my way here, I saw some guys cornering this girl. I couldn't just let them get away with that. Apparently one of them had a plant Septima. From what I heard it could only make morning glory flowers bloom faster. A giant plant root started coiling around her. So, I had to tag and flash them all at once. I came here after I made sure she was okay." Gunvolt elucidated.
Naomi began snickering with her right hand over her mouth.
"It's okay to just say you were late because of foot traffic ya know?" Zeno teased.
"What's going on Zeno? Why are you and Naomi lauging?" Moniqa questioned.
