The arm had the same color as the chair and was boxy with two separate sections, connected by a metal 'joint'.
"I'll be a good girl. There's no need to anesthetize me." Naomi squeaked fearfully.
While looking at the mask, it appeared that something similar to a muzzle was attached to the front. One whiff of the anesthetic sent Naomi running. She got worried someone was near and grabbed an IV pole from the left of her. It didn't have any drip bags so Naomi held it diaognaly in front of her.
The wheels were on the bottom left while the hooks were facing the top right. After realizing nobody was following her, Naomi put the pole down and turned down a hall. She was in the corner as someone tried to inject her with something. Naomi saw a man that had blond hair in a comb-over style and cerulean blue eyes.
He was wearing sky blue scrubs, gloves, shoe covers and a surgical mask of the same color. She grabbed the shot, threw it on the floor and ran off. Naomi found a seating area and rested. Nori must've told Copen and Lola what was going on because they sat by Naomi.
"There's one problem of mine that will never be fixed." Naomi noted.
"What is it?" Copen questioned.
"You." Naomi answered.
"Why are you even here?" Lola queried as Copen ranted.
Since Naomi was his problem that meant her problems were his problems as well. She didn't know why though, but that's what he said. Knowing a nightmare was just a nightmare, Naomi waved at Dr. Kamizono when he passed by. Naomi waved her arms rapidly left and right. No matter how much she waved, he didn't see her.
"Naomi flatlined while she was asleep. She was brought over here during the night. That way nobody would be stuck in a fight. You're scheduled for heart recovery therapy. And if there's any trouble from you... Well, you know what'll happen." Nori cautioned.
Naomi gulped nervously and nodded.
"It's best that you go down to the cafeteria and eat. You've got a long day ahead of you." Nori advised.
Naomi got up and went to the cafeteria. She went back to around the front desk, through the hall on the left, went to the right near the vending machines and through the room on the right. Naomi got a plate of just yams. She looked up to see Dr. Kamizono sitting in front of her.
"Don't tell me, you had some involvement in Nori's decision too? Or did mom put you up to this?" Naomi questioned.
"Your mother didn't put me up to this, no. Nori made the decision by herself. We didn't have the heart to tell her the truth." Dr. Kamizono confessed.
"So you let her think something was wrong with mine?" Naomi interrogated.
"It is true that your heart doesn't beat anymore. They also want you to wear gripping socks for the duration of your stay here. The staf are probably worried you'll run off." Dr. Kamizono notified.
Naomi didn't talk for the rest of her meal. She left and went to look at the gift shop. Unfortunately, it was shut down, causing her panic to worsen. Naomi returned to sit with Copen and Lola.
Suddenly, a boy began crying to his mom. He was begging her for "them" to stop. Based on where it was coming from, Naomi knew he was getting bloodwork done. It brought her back to when she was in the same position.
Eight year old Naomi was never a happy one. Especially when she was sick and Nori forced her to get bloodwork done. And her mom was crying in the waiting room while Nori stayed with Naomi. The nurse kept stabbing Naomi's left elbow crease. By the fifth time, Nori was getting pretty aggravated.
"Shouldn't we have someone else do this?" Nori guessed.
"I can assure you ma'am that I am indeed a professional. I've done this hundreds of times." the nurse notified as she missed Naomi's vein for the sixth time.
"On what? A test mannequin?" Nori muttered.
After the eighth time, another nurse peered her head into the room. Nori told her what happened while the nurse looked at Naomi's elbow in utter dismay and horror. She only needed one try to get the needle in. Butterfly needle or not, Naomi wasn't mad at Lumen for it.
Back to reality, Naomi tried to stop the thought from defeating her. She was told she had to go to the waiting area for x-rays. She would need to get a bracelet at the patient desk there. After being given the patient bracelet, the woman behind the desk left to get some records.
Naomi's left wrist was still on the desk. Taking the opportunity, she created a scalpel based from memory and Metallon. While trying to cut the bracelet, Naomi learned it was made of flexible polypropylene. It was a good thing that Nori made Copen and Lola leave when Naomi got called to the x-ray waiting area. Upon trying to remove the bracelet with the scalpel, it slipped and cut Naomi's wrist.
"You shouldn't be doing that." Dr. Kamizono warned.
Naomi turned around, saw him and panicked. They called her to the second x-ray room. She went in the room and she was asked to wear a hospital gown and wear a lead vest. She'd done this a milion times, but it always felt it was the first time fear wise.
And if all the sleep fighting nightmares and fears were right, then saw blades would pop out from the side while she laid down. The part that did the actual imaging would be too close to her face. They'd ask Naomi to close her eyes and possibly tilt her head. While laying down, she'd have trouble telling based on texture, appearance and temperature if the spot in which she was had been made of metal or plastic.
She'd let the recycling company figure it out once she sent it to the scrap heap after attacking it out of fear. Naomi thought Copen left but he entered the room with her. She hadn't changed and instead began crying once she saw the machine. Her crying startled Copen, causing him to become confused.
Praying it wasn't one of Sumeragi's evil schemes, Naomi went through with it. When she was done, Naomi ran into the bathroom near the entrance. She locked herself in and had a meltdown in the form of crying. Naomi's legs were folded just like whe she sat in front of the anti-ballistic barrier.
Different emotions were running rampant. Fear, anger, hatred, self pity, self loathing and paranoia. To calm herself down, Naomi grabbed slice of cake from the cafeteria since she was still hungry. She sat in an area behind the hospital.
There was black metal tables and chairs with the tables being round and having 3 legs with curled feet. The chair seats were round while the backs were bent into heart shapes and had 4 curled feet. The fountain was made of bricks and contained very big goldfish, at least five times the standard size. Naomi sat on the brick part of the square fountain while listening to the water drop back into the fountain.
After returning inside, it was time for Naomi to visit the second floor. She used the stairwell and sat on the floor next to the door. When she went uptairs, Naomi didn't know where she was. There was supposed to be a sign above where she needed to go.
She sat in an area that reminded her too much of where she used to sit and read in the Datastore. Right across from the waiting area was a glass walkway with glass siding. On the other side was the heart recovery therapy area. It looked like one of those hallways Naomi was always having trouble with in her nightmares.
The glass for the hallway had a pattern making it impossible to see. All she could make out was where the light fixtures were in the ceiling. The bottom half was opaque, with some tan material covering the glass. The lights in the hall reminded Naomi of her nightmares.
All the lighting in the hall was incredibly dim. So much so in fact that you could barely make out a shadow in there. The entire way, Naomi was panicking in the hall. Secretly hoping for someone to help or tell her she was free to go.
Her nerves got so bad that Naomi had to pretend she was blind in order to proceed. She pressed her left hand over her eyes while her right hand stayed touching the glass. Once in the room, Naomi was asked to lay down and close her eyes. She felt something lowered over her nose and mouth.
And Naomi's trust of Nori went right out the window. Naomi opened her eyes and was mortified at what she saw. There was a blue zombie bull with no pupils or irises. It was simply yellow orbs in its head.
Some flesh, veins and bone were exposed on its front leg. Naomi panicked and ran, even though she knew it was a hallucination as a side effect of the anesthesia. Naomi ran like she never ran before. Once she was outside, Naomi ran into Dr. Kamizono.
'Released... from the hospital, ...Are you trapping me again?' Naomi thought before passing out.
She awoke to find herself in S-FIT. Her blood was being drained and filling an IV bag on her left. Naomi pulled the needle out and patched the wound up with her Metallon. She ran down the hall until she found herself in a storage room.
In an attempt to secure her safety, she locked the closet door. After a little while, she got out and ran to the facility entrance. There was an anti-ballistic barrier separating her from the exit. Hoping against all hope, Naomi banged the back of her fists on the barrier.
She moved further into the facility, hoping someone would help her. She eventually found herself in a room with dark gray flooring, white walls and a white ceiling. Naomi found her way into a meeting room with another room, separated by a glass pane. She went into the other room to find a camera and a red button.
She pressed the button and the camera started to move. It found Naomi and caused her to be shocked by white lightning with blue outlines. After leaving the room and dealing with the aftershocks, Naomi called Elise.
"Hey, I'm about to wipe out the other target. I could use some help." Naomi spoke.
"Teleport me, I can't wait to exact my revenge." Elise 3 grinned.
Naomi ended the call and teleported Elise 2 and Elise 3 to her locatioin. 1 stayed on the phone in the Stratacombs through Naomi's headset to report any anomalies on her end.
"Now, we'll swap places and report for work. You'll be the distraction since we look so similar. They won't be expecting Elise to attack with the Angered Explosion Septima." Naomi grinned.
She transformed into her Primal Dragon transformation before making the hallway lighting go out. She set up the threads necessary to execute the Crimson Death Thread attack at the end of the hal.
"Stop, it's a trap." Dr. Kamizono warned as he placed his left arm in front of Mr. Yamato.
"What do you mean it's a-" But before he could say trap, Naomi used her Buillotine Bungee attack.
It didn't hurt anyone, causing Naomi to scowl in the shadows.
"Go warn Akito that there's a threat in the building." Dr. Kamizono demanded.
Mr. Yamato darted off without saying a word.
Naomi used Clamator Aethereus, which somehow didn't work or crush the entire building. She used Rex Ballista which was Lux Ballista with 9 Rexcalibur swords instead of arrows. The attack damaged him. His left shoulder had a burn mark on the labcoat.
He realized Elise was the one standing in front of him and grabbed his gun. Naomi saw this and knocked it out of his hand with a Psycalibur sword. This time, Dr. Kamizono gained a cut on his right forearm that was five inches wide and exposed the bone. Naomi readied another Rex Ballista behind her back.
It served as an excellent distraction while Naomi used Psycho Shots and Psycho Bombing. This made Dr. Kamizono take a few blows to the chest and lower legs. Naomi allowed both Elise's to deliver a blow. Two had a pole on the left of the hall while 3 had hers on the right. They threw kunais at the target. Elise 3 noticed something bad was about to happen.
"H-he's going t-to shoot. R-run." Elise 1 cautioned.
All 3 girls made a run for it. 3 feet away from the hall corner, they saw Dr. Kamizono with his gun aimed at Naomi. Before he could fire, Naomi used Psycalliballista. The target fell to his feet and coughed up some blood.
His lungs were bruised and Lifewave faltering. Naomi teleported next to Dr. Kamizono and stabbed him with a dose of the Primal Dragon Anesthesia in his right arm. This allowed him to die within seconds of the injection. Exhausted and afraid to go home, Naomi teleported the two Elise's back to the Stratacombs.
They all fell asleep in a pile on the bed, still transformed from the fight. During her nap, Naomi had a dream. She was staring out her bedroom window at night. The sky was black with a tint of the darkest blue.
It was filled with neon pink, orange, green and purple stars. Suddenly, a white orb the size of a soccer ball appeared in Naomi's hands. She realized the stars disappared from the sky as the orb began to show the same black-blue shade as the sky. Naomi awoke when Elise 3 dragged her of the bed by her right ankle.
Elise 2 was on the left side of the bed while Elise 1 was on the right of her. Elise 3 made Naomi lay on her stomach, entirely stretched out on the floor. Just as Naomi was about to ask why, a bright light shone in the room. It was a Sumeragi gunner holding a flashlight.
When the soldier left, Naomi teleported herself and the 3 Elise's to the sanatorium. Naomi feared the worst, if someone were to find out that her father would never return home. Copen's fury, her mother's grief, Mytyl's fear, Nori's disappointment. She didn't know what her aunt and uncle would think, let alone do.
With their connections to Sumeragi, surely they could do something. But now that Naomi was a delegate, she was willing to make a move or two. She vowed to revoke her last name as a Kamizono. To become a girl with no genetic family, no loving home to return to, just a girl trying to get by.
Not like she wasn't doing that last part already. Nori heard Naomi talking with the three Elise's and stormed into the room. She grabbed Naomi by the collar and dragged her off the bed. Naomi couldn't figure out what was going on from the time she was dragged out of bed to the time she was brought to a church with Elise and Copen.
The entrance into the building had a glass wall with double doors in the center. It caused Naomi to freak out, remembering the room from S-FIT in her nightmare. Nori clearly wasn't going to tolerate Naomi doing anything else Sumeragi related today. Turning around and looking up revealed a balcony inside, held up by 3 columns in front the entrance but behind where the pews started as well.
The altar almost seemed like a gazebo with red fabric behind it and a statue of Mary hold the child form of the savior of man. On the right of the church was a small confessional box. Naomi was ordered very boldy by Nori to confess. Naomi did as she was told, but only to Nori once they left.
For a woman who didn't have kids, Nori scolded Copen, Naomi and Elise like they were hers. Naomi's shoulders felt lighter after, but their hearts never would. The hearts of those she killed, those she hurt. That day, Naomi made a promise to be her own person, and to not follow in either of her parents footsteps.
However, Naomi did find herself in the same spot as her father in adulthood. S-FIT's lead researcher and executive, with a hatred of humans instead of Adepts. She still kept her sidearm too, and kept Elise with her at all times. That was as far as the similarities went.
While working one day, Naomi decided to try and practice isolating multiple Septimosomes from one sample. She cut her arm with another Rebirth Septima kunai. She gave a dry laugh as the memory of doing this to weaponize the Primal Dragon Anethesia with her Metallon returned.
"What's so funny?" Elise questioned.
"You remember why I did this the first time? And how I said that Sumeragi would find someone else to do the job if the first person couldn't do it?" Naomi reminded.
"Y-yeah." Elise confirmed.
"Well, it looks like I'm the second person to do the job." Naomi realized.
Elise looked down, she felt worse for Naomi than she did herself.
"Well then, are you ready for this incredibly depressing job to get started?" Naomi queried.
"…Yes." Elise agreed.